Where does “intransitivizer” come from?
intransitivizer (English) comes from English intransitivize, from English intransitive, from English transitive, from Latin trānsitīvus, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus — smoke; mist, haze.
intransitivizer (English): A word or construct that makes something intransitive
Definitions
- A word or construct that makes something intransitive
Ancestry of “intransitivizer”, step by step
intransitivizer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English intransitivize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | intransitivize | To make intransitive |
| 2 | English | intransitive | not transitive: not having, or not taking, a... |
| 3 | English | transitive | Making a transit or passage; Affected by... |
| 4 | Latin | trānsitīvus | transiting passing over |
| 5 | Latin | trānsitus | traversed, passed through |
| 6 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 7 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 8 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 9 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |