Where does “τρενάκι” come from?
τρενάκι (Greek) comes from Greek τρένο, from Italian treno, from French train, from Middle French train, from Old French train, from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre — to run.
Ancestry of “τρενάκι”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | τρένο | train |
| 2 | Italian | treno | train; gun carriage; retinue, escort |
| 3 | French | train | train; pace; noise |
| 4 | Middle French | train | — |
| 5 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 6 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 8 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 9 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |