Etymograph

English

traincare

From train + care.

A compound of train + care

Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, to drag, to pull’

Latin trahere

Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre ‘to drag, to pull, to trail’

Old French traïner ‘to drag’

Old French train

Middle English trayne

English train

Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- ‘to shout, call’

Proto-Germanic *karō ‘complaint, lament, grievance, moan’

Proto-West Germanic *karu ‘care, worry’

Old English caru ‘worry, anxiety, care’

Middle English care ‘grief’

English care

Today it means

noun The maintenance and care of passenger rolling stock, usually multiple units.

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

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