English
trainhopper
From train + hopper.
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
Proto-Germanic *huppōną
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Old English hoppian ‘to hop’
Old English *hoppa ‘one who hops, hopper’
Middle English *hoppe
Middle English hoppere
English hopper
Today it means
noun One who engages in trainhopping.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / trainhopper