Where does “transversal” come from?

Transversal comes from Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin transversalis, from Latin transversus, the past participle of transverto, meaning to turn across, from trans and a root meaning to turn.

transversal (English): Running or lying across; transverse; A line which...

Definitions

  1. Running or lying across; transverse; A line which...

Ancestry of “transversal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchtransversal—
2Medieval Latintransversalistransverse
3Latintransversusturned across, lying across, from side to side;...
4Proto-Italic*trānsworssostransverse, across

Words derived from “transversal”

Every word from Proto-Italic *trānsworssos →Every word from Latin transversus →Every word from Medieval Latin transversalis →