Where does “trainmaster” come from?

trainmaster (English) comes from English train, from Middle English train, from Old French train, from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho — to run.

trainmaster (English): A superintendent or supervisor of a freight...

Definitions

  1. A superintendent or supervisor of a freight...

Ancestry of “trainmaster”, step by step

trainmaster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English train

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrainElongated portion; Connected sequence of people...
2Middle Englishtrain
3Old Frenchtraina delay, a drawing out
4Old FrenchtraïnerAlternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw
5Vulgar Latintraginarepresent active infinitive of *traginō
6Latintragēre
7Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
9Proto-Italictraɣō
10Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

via English Master

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMasterPrepended to a boy's name or surname as a form...
2Middle Englishmaistermaster; lord; ruler
3Old Englishmægestermaster
4Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
5Proto-Italicmagisterosbigger, greater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ-