Where does “trainbus” come from?
trainbus (French) comes from French train, from Middle French train, from Old French train, from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho — to run.
trainbus (French): rail replacement bus
Definitions
- rail replacement bus
Ancestry of “trainbus”, step by step
trainbus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French train
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | train | train; pace; noise |
| 2 | Middle French | 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 French bus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | bus | bus; first-person singular past historic of... |
| 2 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 3 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 4 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |