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

  1. train

Ancestry of “treno”, step by step

treno traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian treno

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

via English train

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrainElongated portion; Connected sequence of people...
2Dutchtraantear; fish oil
3Middle Dutchtrâenmoisture, liquid
4Old Dutchtrāntear (in the eye)
5Proto-West Germanic*trahnutear in one's eye

via Spanish tren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtrentrain

Words derived from “treno

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-Every word from Proto-Italic traɣō
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