Where does “traverso” come from?
traverso (Finnish) comes from Italian traverso, from Latin transversus, from Proto-Italic *trānsworssos — transverse, across.
Ancestry of “traverso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | traverso | transversal, transverse; oblique; width |
| 2 | Latin | transversus | turned across, lying across, from side to side;... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *trānsworssos | transverse, across |