Where does “intransitável” come from?
intransitável (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese transitável, from Portuguese transitar, from Portuguese trânsito, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
intransitável (Portuguese): impassable
Definitions
- impassable
Ancestry of “intransitável”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | transitável | passable |
| 2 | Portuguese | transitar | to transit; to have many contacts within a group;... |
| 3 | Portuguese | trânsito | traffic; transit; passing; death |
| 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 |