Where does “transit” come from?
Transit comes from Latin transeo, meaning to go across, from trans- and eo, to go.
transit (English): The act of passing over, across, or through...
Definitions
- The act of passing over, across, or through...
Ancestry of “transit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | transit | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | trānsitus | traversed, passed through |
| 3 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 4 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 5 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 6 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |