English
traincrew
From train + crew.
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to run, to drag, to pull’
Latin trahere
Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre ‘to drag, to pull, to trail’
Old French traïner ‘to drag’
Old French train
Middle English trayne
English train
Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti
Latin crēscere
Old French creistre
Old French creue
Middle English crue
English crew
Today it means
noun The crew of employees that operate a railway train.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “traincrew”. 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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