Etymology

traincare

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Today it means: The maintenance and care of passenger rolling stock, usually multiple units. Full definition →

English care ← Middle English care ← Old English caru
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  2. Latintrahere
  3. Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
  4. Old Frenchtraïner
  5. Old Frenchtrain
  6. Middle Englishtrayne
  7. Englishtrain
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵeh₂r-
  9. Proto-Germanic*karō
  10. Proto-West Germanic*karu
  11. Old Englishcaru
  12. Middle Englishcare
  13. Englishcare
  14. English todaytraincare

From train + care.

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