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Where does “transversale” come from?

transversale (Latin) comes from Latin transversalis, from Latin transversus, from Proto-Italic *trānsworssos.

transversale (Latin): nominative neuter singular of trānsversālis;...

Definitions

  1. nominative neuter singular of trānsversālis;...

Ancestry of “transversale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintransversalistransverse
2Latintransversusturned across, lying across, from side to side;...
3Proto-Italic*trānsworssos—
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