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Where does “transitoire” come from?

transitoire (Middle French) comes from Latin transitorius, 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.

Ancestry of “transitoire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintransitoriustransitory
2Latintransituspassage, crossing; transition; transit
3Latinitusa going, departure; a gait; the right of way,...
4Latineō—
5Proto-ItaliceōI go
6Proto-Italicejō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “transitoire”

  • transitory
  • transitoriness
  • transitorily
  • nontransitory
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