Where does “turbotrain” come from?
turbotrain (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.
turbotrain (English): A train powered by a gas turbine
Definitions
- A train powered by a gas turbine
Ancestry of “turbotrain”, step by step
turbotrain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English train
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | train | Elongated portion; Connected sequence of people... |
| 2 | Middle English | train | — |
| 3 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 4 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 6 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via English Turbo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Turbo | A turbine |
| 2 | English | turbine | Any of various rotary machines that use the... |
| 3 | French | turbine | turbine; inflection of turbiner: ##... |
| 4 | Latin | turbo | tornado, whirlwind; crowd; I disturb, unsettle,... |
| 5 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |