Etymology

travers

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French travers
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travers · adverb1

  1. French · borrowed fromtravers“breadth, extent from side”
  2. English todaytravers

From French travers (“breadth, extent from side”). See traverse.

Travers · proper noun2

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Treabhair
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtraverser“to cross”
  3. English todayTravers

From Anglo-Norman traverser (“to cross”), an occupational name for a toll collector. In Ireland, used as an Anglicization of Irish Ó Treabhair.

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