English

railborne

From rail + borne.

Formed from rail + borne

Middle English rail

English rail

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’

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Proto-West Germanic *beran ‘to carry, to bear’

Old English beran ‘to carry, bear’

Old English boren

Middle English boren

English borne

Today it means

adj Carried by train, transported by rail.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / railborne