Where does “trenușor” come from?
trenușor (Romanian) comes from Romanian tren, 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.
Ancestry of “trenușor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | tren | train |
| 2 | French | train | train; pace; noise |
| 3 | Middle French | train | — |
| 4 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 5 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 7 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 8 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |