Where does “transitive” come from?
transitive (Latin) comes from Latin transitivus, from Latin transitus, from Latin itus, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
transitive (Latin): vocative masculine singular of trānsitīvus
Definitions
- vocative masculine singular of trānsitīvus
Ancestry of “transitive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | transitivus | transiting |
| 2 | Latin | transitus | passage, crossing; transition; transit |
| 3 | Latin | itus | a going, departure; a gait; the right of way,... |
| 4 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |