Where does “transatlantic” come from?

transatlantic (Romanian) comes from French transatlantique, from French trans-, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

transatlantic (Romanian): transatlantic

Definitions

  1. transatlantic

Ancestry of “transatlantic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtransatlantiquetransatlantic
2Frenchtrans-trans
3Latintrānsacross, beyond
4LatinPadusthe River Po
5LeponticBodincus
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn
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