Etymology

trainload

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Today it means: The amount that can be transported by a train. Full definition →

English load ← Middle English trayne ← Old French train
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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. Englishload
  9. English todaytrainload

From train + load.

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