Etymology

transatlantic

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Today it means: Beyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Full definition →

English Atlantic ← Middle English Atlantyke ← Latin ā̆tlanticus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās)
  10. Ancient GreekἈτλαντικός (Atlantikós)
  11. Latinā̆tlanticus
  12. Middle EnglishAtlantyke
  13. EnglishAtlantic
  14. English todaytransatlantic

From trans- + Atlantic.

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