Where does “transit bus” come from?
transit bus (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.
transit bus (English): A bus which carries people across a city
Definitions
- A bus which carries people across a city
Ancestry of “transit bus”, step by step
transit bus 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 |
via English bus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bus | A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of... |
| 2 | English | omnibus | A vehicle set up to carry many people; An... |
| 3 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 4 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 5 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |