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- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
- Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
- Latindi-
- Englishdi-
- Englishtransitive
- English todayditransitive
From di- + transitive.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ditransitive
Today it means: Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object). Full definition →
English transitive ← Latin di- ← Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)