Etymology of the English word train
the English word
trainderived from the French word
traînerderived from the Vulgar Latin word
traginarederived from the Classical Latin word
trahere (to draw; draw, drag, haul)
derived from the Old French word
trahinerderived from the Vulgar Latin word
traginarederived from the Classical Latin word
trahere (to draw; draw, drag, haul)
Date
The earliest known usage of train in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
aerotrain,
detrain,
entrain,
hovertrain,
retrain,
turbotrain,
trainer,
training,
trainedDerivations in other languages
Italian
trenareCognates
Catalan
tragi, French
train, French
entraîner, Italian
traino, Italian
treno, Spanish
traginUsage
Word found in Modern English
