English
trajinera
Trajinera comes from Spanish trajinera ‘female equivalent of trajinero’, from trajinar ‘to transport’, and perhaps ultimately from Latin trahō ‘to pull’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahō1as trahere‘to pull’uncertain
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*tragināre1‘to drag, to pull, to trail’uncertain
- Old Catalanmoderntraginar2uncertain
- Catalanc. 1500–presenttraginar1‘to carry’uncertain
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttrajinar3‘to transport’
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttrajinera3‘female equivalent of trajinero’
- Englishtodaytrajinera3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Spanish trajinar
- 2 Wiktionary, Catalan traginar
- 3 Wiktionary, English trajinera
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrahōWiktionary, Spanish trajinaras trahere‘to pull’uncertain
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*tragināreWiktionary, Spanish trajinar‘to drag, to pull, to trail’uncertain
- Old CatalanmoderntraginarWiktionary, Catalan traginaruncertain
- Catalanc. 1500–presenttraginarWiktionary, Spanish trajinar‘to carry’uncertain
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttrajinarWiktionary, English trajinera‘to transport’
- Spanishc. 1500–presenttrajineraWiktionary, English trajinera‘female equivalent of trajinero’
- EnglishtodaytrajineraWiktionary, English trajinera
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
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “trajinera”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Spanish trajinar, Catalan traginar. 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 / Latin trahō / trajinera