Where does “trànzīt” come from?
trànzīt (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Transit, from Italian transito, from Latin trānsitus, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.
trànzīt (Serbo-Croatian): transit
Definitions
- transit
Ancestry of “trànzīt”, step by step
trànzīt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Transit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Transit | transit |
| 2 | Italian | transito | transit; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | trānsitus | traversed, passed through |
| 4 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 5 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 6 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 7 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via French transit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | transit | third-person singular present indicative of... |