Where does “intransitivize” come from?
intransitivize (English) comes from English intransitive, from English transitive, from Latin trānsitīvus, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
intransitivize (English): To make intransitive
Definitions
- To make intransitive
Ancestry of “intransitivize”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intransitive | not transitive: not having, or not taking, a... |
| 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 |