Where does “nontransit” come from?
nontransit (English) comes from English transit, from French transit, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.
nontransit (English): Not of or pertaining to transit
Definitions
- Not of or pertaining to transit
Ancestry of “nontransit”, step by step
nontransit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transit | The act of passing over, across, or through... |
| 2 | French | transit | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | trānsitus | traversed, passed through |
| 4 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 5 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 6 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 7 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |