English
trajinera
Trajinera comes from Spanish trajinera ‘female equivalent of trajinero’, and goes back to trajinar ‘to transport’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttrajinar‘to transport’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presenttrajinera‘female equivalent of trajinero’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttrajinar‘to transport’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presenttrajinera‘female equivalent of trajinero’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin trahō ‘to pull’
contract, treat, attractive, portrait, attraction, abstract, extract, distraction, traction, tractor, distract, tract, trait, tram, trattoria, 33 more
through Vulgar Latin *tragināre ‘to drag, to pull, to trail’
Today it means
noun A type of small colourful boat maneuverered with a pole
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish trajinar / trajinera