Etymology

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Today it means: To train before testing or further training. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  10. Latintrahere
  11. Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
  12. Old Frenchtraïner
  13. Old Frenchtrain
  14. Middle Englishtrayne
  15. Englishtrain
  16. English todaypretrain

From pre- + train.

Words from the same roots

train<idline or portion> all →

post-train

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