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Where does “トレーラー” come from?

トレーラー (Japanese) comes from English trailer, from English trail, from Middle English trailen, from Old French trailler, from Vulgar Latin tragulare, from Latin trāgula.

トレーラー (Japanese): a trailer; Synonym of 予告編

Definitions

  1. a trailer; Synonym of 予告編

Ancestry of “トレーラー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrailerSomeone who or something that trails; Part of an...
2EnglishtrailTo follow behind ; to tail; To drag behind on...
3Middle Englishtrailento hang loosely, drag along, drag away
4Old Frenchtraillerto tow; pick up the scent of a quarry
5Vulgar Latintragulareto drag
6Latintrāgula—
Every word from Latin trāgula →