Etymology

trainmaster

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Today it means: A superintendent or supervisor of a freight railroad, responsible for train movements, crew assignments, derailments and more. Full definition →

English master ← Middle English maister ← Old English mǣġester
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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*meǵh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂-
  10. Proto-Italic*magisteros
  11. Latinmagister, magistrum
  12. Old Frenchmaistre
  13. Latinmagister
  14. Old Englishmǣġester
  15. Middle Englishmaister
  16. Englishmaster
  17. English todaytrainmaster

From train + master.

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