Where does “trainage” come from?

trainage (French) 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.

trainage (French): pulling, dragging

Definitions

  1. pulling, dragging

Ancestry of “trainage”, step by step

trainage traces back through 3 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 age

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishageThe whole duration of a being, whether animal,...
2Middle EnglishageThe age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is
3Old Frenchaageage
4Vulgar Latinaetaticumage
5Latinaetāsthe period of a life: lifetime, lifespan
6Latinaevitās
7Proto-Italicaiwotātsage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyu-vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning

via French traîner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtraînerto pull, drag; to lag behind, dawdle; to lie...
2Old FrenchtrahinerAlternative form of trainer; to pull, drag

Words derived from “trainage

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ-