Etymology

traincrew

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Today it means: The crew of employees that operate a railway train. Full definition →

English crew ← Middle English crue ← Old French creue
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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*ḱer-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-sḱéti
  10. Latincrēscere
  11. Old Frenchcreistre
  12. Old Frenchcreue
  13. Middle Englishcrue
  14. Englishcrew
  15. English todaytraincrew

From train + crew.

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