English
traildrive
From trail + drive.
Latin tragula ‘dragnet’
Vulgar Latin *tragulāre ‘to drag’
Old French trailler ‘to tow’
Middle English trailen
English trail
Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- ‘to drive’
Proto-Germanic *drībaną ‘to drive’
Proto-West Germanic *drīban ‘to drive’
Old English drīfan ‘to drive’
Middle English driven ‘to drive’
English drive
Today it means
noun The driving of cattle along a trail.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “traildrive”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / traildrive