Where does “transsonic” come from?

transsonic (Romanian) comes from French transsonique, 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.

transsonic (Romanian): transonic

Definitions

  1. transonic

Ancestry of “transsonic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtranssoniquetranssonic
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- →