Where does “tranzitare” come from?
tranzitare (Romanian) comes from Romanian tranzita, from French transiter, from English transit, from French transit, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus — smoke; mist, haze.
tranzitare (Romanian): transit
Definitions
- transit
Ancestry of “tranzitare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | tranzita | to transit |
| 2 | French | transiter | to transit |
| 3 | English | transit | The act of passing over, across, or through... |
| 4 | French | transit | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | trānsitus | traversed, passed through |
| 6 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 7 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 8 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 9 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |