The story
- Latin · derived fromtrāns“across”
- English todaytralineate
From Latin trāns (“across”) + līnea (“a line”). Compare Italian tralineare, tralignare.
Words from the same roots
Latintrāns all →
transparenttransvestitetraversetranspirationtranspireTransnistriatransducetransfretationtranshumancetregetour
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.