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  • morgunkorntoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldFrench culture
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    8 days ago

    originally, as a noun, “le train” comes from the latin word trahere “to pull”. It’s then use to describe a convoy of animals. Later its meaning evolved into the “the going motion” (of a horse, a human).

    It’s currently in that sense in “arrière-train” to designate the back legs of a quadruped. “Aller de bon train” = to walk briskly, or in automotive, the “train avant” and “train arrière” are the front and rear axles.

    There are other expressions like “le train-train quotidien”, meaning the daily grind.

    edit: additional information to the etymology