Etymology

railcard

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Today it means: A card allowing reduced fares for travelling by train. Full definition →

English card ← Middle English carde ← Old French carte
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*regō
  4. Latinregō
  5. Latinrēgula
  6. Proto-West Germanic*regulu
  7. Old Englishregol
  8. Latinrēgula
  9. Old Frenchreille
  10. Middle Englishrail
  11. Englishrail
  12. Ancient Greekχάρτης (khártēs)
  13. Latincharta
  14. Old Frenchcarte
  15. Middle Englishcarde
  16. Englishcard
  17. English todayrailcard

From rail + card.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.