Etymograph

English

trainiac

Blend of train + maniac.

A compound of train + maniac

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 railway enthusiast.

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

Etymograph / trainiac