Where does “trailen” come from?

trailen (Middle English) comes from Old French trailler, from Vulgar Latin tragulare, from Latin trāgula — a javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum).

trailen (Middle English): to hang loosely, drag along, drag away

Definitions

  1. to hang loosely, drag along, drag away

Ancestry of “trailen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtraillerto tow; pick up the scent of a quarry
2Vulgar Latintragulareto drag
3Latintrāgulaa javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum)

Words derived from “trailen”

Every word from Latin trāgula →Every word from Vulgar Latin tragulare →Every word from Old French trailler →