Where does “ditransitivity” come from?
ditransitivity (English) comes from English transitivity, from French transitivité, from French transitif, from Dutch transitief, from Latin trānsitīvus, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns — smoke; mist, haze.
ditransitivity (English): The state or quality of being ditransitive
Definitions
- The state or quality of being ditransitive
Ancestry of “ditransitivity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transitivity | The degree in which any one verb can take/govern... |
| 2 | French | transitivité | transitivity |
| 3 | French | transitif | transitive |
| 4 | Dutch | transitief | transitive |
| 5 | Latin | trānsitīvus | transiting passing over |
| 6 | Latin | trānsitus | traversed, passed through |
| 7 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 8 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 9 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 10 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |