Where does “verbe transitif” come from?
verbe transitif (French) comes from French transitif, from Dutch transitief, from Latin trānsitīvus, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
verbe transitif (French): transitive verb (verb governing at least one complement. 1. Direct transitive verb, whose main complement is not introduced by a preposition. 2. Indirect transitive verb, whose main complement is introduced by a preposition)
Definitions
- transitive verb (verb governing at least one complement. 1. Direct transitive verb, whose main complement is not introduced by a preposition. 2. Indirect transitive verb, whose main complement is introduced by a preposition)
Ancestry of “verbe transitif”, step by step
verbe transitif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French transitif
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | transitif | transitive |
| 2 | Dutch | transitief | transitive |
| 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... |