Where does “treno” come from?
treno (Portuguese) comes from Catalan trenar, from English trainer, from English train, from Middle English train, from Old French train, from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre — to run.
treno (Portuguese): dirge, lamentation
Definitions
- dirge, lamentation
Ancestry of “treno”, step by step
treno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan trenar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | trenar | to plait; to braid |
| 2 | English | trainer | A person who trains another; a coach; A person... |
| 3 | English | train | Elongated portion; Connected sequence of people... |
| 4 | Middle English | train | — |
| 5 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 6 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 8 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 9 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |