Where does “traveir” come from?

traveir (West Flemish) comes from French travers, from Latin traversus, from Latin transversus, from Proto-Italic *trānsworssos — transverse, across.

traveir (West Flemish): level crossing

Definitions

  1. level crossing

Ancestry of “traveir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtraversoutside (the external part of)
2Latintraversus—
3Latintransversusturned across, lying across, from side to side;...
4Proto-Italic*trānsworssostransverse, across
Every word from Proto-Italic *trānsworssos →Every word from Latin transversus →Every word from Latin traversus →