Where does “τρενοδηγός” come from?

τρενοδηγός (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.

τρενοδηγός (Greek): A traindriver, the driver of a train

Definitions

  1. A traindriver, the driver of a train

Ancestry of “τρενοδηγός”, step by step

τρενοδηγός traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Greek τρένο

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekτρένοtrain
2Italiantrenotrain; gun carriage; retinue, escort
3Frenchtraintrain; pace; noise
4Middle Frenchtrain
5Old Frenchtraina delay, a drawing out
6Old FrenchtraïnerAlternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw
7Vulgar Latintraginarepresent active infinitive of *traginō
8Latintragēre
9Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
11Proto-Italictraɣō
12Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
13Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

via Greek οδηγός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekοδηγόςdriver of a vehicle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ-