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