Where does “transversal” come from?

transversal (Romanian) comes from French transversal, from Medieval Latin transversalis, from Latin transversus, from Proto-Italic *trānsworssos — transverse, across.

transversal (Romanian): transverse

Definitions

  1. transverse

Ancestry of “transversal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtransversaltransversal
2Medieval Latintransversalistransverse
3Latintransversusturned across, lying across, from side to side;...
4Proto-Italic*trānsworssostransverse, across
Every word from Proto-Italic *trānsworssosEvery word from Latin transversusEvery word from Medieval Latin transversalis