Where does “travessa” come from?

travessa (Catalan) comes from Latin transversus, from Proto-Italic *trānsworssos — transverse, across.

travessa (Catalan): railway sleeper, tie

Definitions

  1. railway sleeper, tie

Ancestry of “travessa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintransversusturned across, lying across, from side to side;...
2Proto-Italic*trānsworssostransverse, across
Every word from Proto-Italic *trānsworssos →Every word from Latin transversus →