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Where does “traversus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “traversus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “traversus”

  • traverse
  • traverso
  • traverseto
  • traversa
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