Where does “intertransverse” come from?

intertransverse (English) comes from English transverse, from English -verse, from English Universe, from Middle English universe, from Old French univers, from Latin ūniversum, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

intertransverse (English): Between the transverse processes of the vertebrae

Definitions

  1. Between the transverse processes of the vertebrae

Ancestry of “intertransverse”, step by step

intertransverse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English transverse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransverseSituated or lying across; side to side, relative...
2English-verseForming compound nouns denoting the whole range...
3EnglishUniverseOur universe, the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself
4Middle EnglishuniverseThe universe; the stars
5Old Frenchuniversthe whole world; the whole Earth; universal;...
6Latinūniversum
7Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
8Latinvertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve
9Proto-Italicwertōto turn
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
11Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via English inter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinterTo bury in a grave; To confine, as in a prison
2Middle Englishenteren
3Frenchentrerto enter
4Middle Frenchentrerto enter
5Old Frenchentrerto enter
6Latinintrōto enter, go into, come in, get in, penetrate
7Latinintrawithin; inside; during; less than
8Latininterus
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
10Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert-Every word from Proto-Italic wertō