English
trailerload
From trailer + load.
Proto-Indo-European *leyt- ‘to go, go forth’
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Proto-Germanic *laidō ‘leading, way’
Proto-West Germanic *laidu
Old English lād ‘course, journey; carrying’
Middle English lode ‘way, course; burden’
English load
Today it means
noun As much as a trailer can hold.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “trailerload”. 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.
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