Where does “treno” come from?
treno (Ido) comes 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, from Latin trahere — to run.
treno (Ido): train
Definitions
- train
Ancestry of “treno”, step by step
treno traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian treno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | treno | train; gun carriage; retinue, escort |
| 2 | French | train | train; pace; noise |
| 3 | Middle French | train | — |
| 4 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 5 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 7 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 8 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via English train
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | train | Elongated portion; Connected sequence of people... |
| 2 | Dutch | traan | tear; fish oil |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | trâen | moisture, liquid |
| 4 | Old Dutch | trān | tear (in the eye) |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *trahnu | tear in one's eye |
via Spanish tren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | tren | train |