Where does “traversa” come from?

traversa (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin traversus, from Latin transversus, from Proto-Italic *trānsworssos — transverse, across.

Ancestry of “traversa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintraversus—
2Latintransversusturned across, lying across, from side to side;...
3Proto-Italic*trānsworssostransverse, across

Words derived from “traversa”

Every word from Proto-Italic *trānsworssos →Every word from Latin transversus →Every word from Latin traversus →