Etymology

transit

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Today it means: The act of passing over, across, or through something. Full definition →

French transit ← Latin trānsitu ← Proto-Italic *trāns-
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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. Latintrāns-
  8. Latineō
  9. Latintrānsēo
  10. Latintrānsitu
  11. Frenchtransit
  12. English todaytransit

From French, from Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”), from trans (“over”) + ire (“to go”).

Words from the same roots

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trounce

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