Etymology

trainor

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Today it means: A person who trains another; a coach, a trainer. Full definition →

Cebuano trainor ← English trainer ← Middle English trayne
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trainor · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
  2. Latintrahere
  3. Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
  4. Old Frenchtraïner
  5. Old Frenchtrain
  6. Middle Englishtrayne
  7. Englishtrain
  8. Englishtrainer
  9. Cebuanotrainor
  10. English todaytrainor

Borrowed from Cebuano trainor, itself from English trainer.

Trainor · proper noun2

  1. Irish · derived fromMac Thréinfhir“son of Thréinfhear”
  2. English todayTrainor

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thréinfhir (“son of Thréinfhear”) a personal name composed of the elements tréan (“strong”) + fear (“man”). Compare Cranor.

Words from the same roots

IrishMac Thréinfhir all →

Cranor

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