Etymology

post-train

Today it means: To further train a pretrained or foundation model in order to modify, refine, align, specialise, or enhance its capabilities for particular tasks, behaviours, or objectives. Full definition →

English train ← Middle English trayne ← Old French train
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  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 todaypost-train

From post- + train.

Words from the same roots

train<idline or portion> all →

pretrain

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