Etymology

TGV

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Today it means: A French national high-speed train, run by the railway service of the same name. Full definition →

French TGV ← Old French viste ← Middle French grand
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TGV · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  2. Latintrahere
  3. Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
  4. Old Frenchtraïner
  5. Old Frenchtrain
  6. Middle Frenchtrain
  7. Frenchtrain
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Latinad
  11. Old Frencha
  12. Frenchà
  13. Proto-Italic*grandis
  14. Latingrandis
  15. Old Frenchgrant
  16. Middle Frenchgrand
  17. Frenchgrande
  18. Old Frenchviste
  19. Frenchvite
  20. Frenchvitesse
  21. Frenchtrain à grande vitesseinit.
  22. FrenchTGV
  23. English todayTGV

Borrowed from French TGV, initialism of train à grande vitesse (“high-speed train”).

TGV · noun2

Initialism of tequila, gin, and vodka, the ingredients in the cocktail.

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