Where does “verbe intransitif” come from?
verbe intransitif (French) comes from French intransitif, from Latin intransitīvus, from Latin trānsitīvus, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
verbe intransitif (French): intransitive verb (verb that never has a direct object complement or indirect object complement, and is only used with circumstantial complements)
Definitions
- intransitive verb (verb that never has a direct object complement or indirect object complement, and is only used with circumstantial complements)
Ancestry of “verbe intransitif”, step by step
verbe intransitif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French intransitif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | intransitif | intransitive |
| 2 | Latin | intransitīvus | intransitive: Not transitive, not having, or not taking, a direct object |
| 3 | Latin | trānsitīvus | transiting passing over |
| 4 | Latin | trānsitus | traversed, passed through |
| 5 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 6 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 7 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 8 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via French verbe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | verbe | speech; tone of voice; way of speaking |
| 2 | Latin | verbum | word; proverb, saying; verb |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |