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- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Englishtrans-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ten-
- Proto-Indo-European*tn̥eh₁yéti
- Proto-Italic*tenēō
- Latinteneō
- Latincontineō
- Latincontinens
- Englishcontinent
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcontinental
- English todaytranscontinental
From trans- + continental.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.