Where does “trainer” come from?
trainer (French) comes from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho, from Proto-Italic traɣō, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
trainer (French): to pull, drag; to lag behind, dawdle; to lie...
Definitions
- to pull, drag; to lag behind, dawdle; to lie...
Ancestry of “trainer”, step by step
trainer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin traginare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 2 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 3 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via Old French trahiner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | trahiner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull, drag |