English
trainward
From train + -ward.
Formed from train + -ward
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
adv Toward a train.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “trainward”. 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 / trainward