tram

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • Possibly from Low German traam, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch trame, said to be ultimately from a lost West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) word, probably from Proto-Germanic *drum, from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥, cognate with Latin terminus.
  • Compare Middle Low German treme; West Flemish traam, trame.
  • The popular derivation from the surname of the English pioneer tramway builder Benjamin Outram (1764–1805) is false: the term pre-dated him.
  • From Spanish trama, or French trame. trama.

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