Etymology

overtrain

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Today it means: To train too much or too long. Full definition →

English train ← Middle English trayne ← Old French train
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  8. Latintrahere
  9. Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
  10. Old Frenchtraïner
  11. Old Frenchtrain
  12. Middle Englishtrayne
  13. Englishtrain
  14. English todayovertrain

From over- + train.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.