Where does “ditransitively” come from?
ditransitively (English) comes from English ditransitive, from English transitive, from Latin trānsitīvus, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
ditransitively (English): In a ditransitive manner
Definitions
- In a ditransitive manner
Ancestry of “ditransitively”, step by step
ditransitively traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ditransitive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ditransitive | Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and... |
| 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 |