Etymology

trainiac

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Today it means: A railway enthusiast. Full definition →

English maniac ← French maniaque ← Late Latin maniacu
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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*men-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥yétor
  10. Proto-Hellenic*məňňómai
  11. Ancient Greekμαίνομαι (maínomai)
  12. Ancient Greekμᾰνῐ́ᾱ (mănĭ́ā)
  13. Ancient Greekμανιακός (maniakós)
  14. Late Latinmaniacu
  15. Frenchmaniaque
  16. Englishmaniac
  17. English todaytrainiac

Blend of train + maniac.

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