Etymology

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Today it means: a passage over a strait of narrow sea Full definition →

Latin trānsfretātiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromtrāns“across”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromtrānsfretātiō
  3. English todaytransfretation

From Latin trānsfretātiō, from Latin trāns (“across”) + fretum or fretus (“strait, channel”) + -ātiō.

Words from the same roots

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