Where does “ambitransitivity” come from?
ambitransitivity (English) comes from English ambitransitive, from English transitive, from Latin trānsitīvus, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
ambitransitivity (English): The state or condition of being ambitransitive
Definitions
- The state or condition of being ambitransitive
Ancestry of “ambitransitivity”, step by step
ambitransitivity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ambitransitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ambitransitive | able to be used transitively or intransitively... |
| 2 | English | transitive | Making a transit or passage; Affected by... |
| 3 | Latin | trānsitīvus | transiting passing over |
| 4 | Latin | trānsitus | traversed, passed through |
| 5 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 6 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 7 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 8 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |