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Where does “trainor” come from?

trainor (English) comes from Cebuano trainor, from English trainer, from English train, from Middle English train, from Old French train, from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre — to run.

trainor (English): A person who trains another; a coach, a trainer

Definitions

  1. A person who trains another; a coach, a trainer

Ancestry of “trainor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanotrainorA person who trains another; a coach, a trainer
2EnglishtrainerA person who trains another; a coach; A person...
3EnglishtrainElongated portion; Connected sequence of people...
4Middle Englishtrain—
5Old Frenchtraina delay, a drawing out
6Old FrenchtraïnerAlternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw
7Vulgar Latintraginarepresent active infinitive of *traginō
8Latintragēre—
9Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
11Proto-Italictraɣō—
12Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
13Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run
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