English

hovertrain

From hover + train.

A compound of hover + train

Middle English hoveren ‘to float in the air, hover’

English hover

Latin trahō ‘to pull, to draw’

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Vulgar Latin *traginō

Old French trainer ‘to pull out, to draw’

Old French train ‘a delay, a drawing out’

Middle English trayne ‘train’

English train

Today it means

noun A train that uses hovercraft technology to take advantage of lower friction to deliver high speeds; an aerotrain.

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