Etymology of the English word transit
the English word
transitderived from the Latin word
transitus (passage; crossing)
derived from the Late Latin word
transire (go over, cross)
derived from the Latin word
ire (to go; go, walk; march)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ei-using the Latin prefix
trans-derived from the Latin word
trans (beyond, across)
Date
The earliest known usage of transit in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
paratransitCognates
Dutch
trance, Dutch
transito, English
trance, French
transe, French
transit, German
Trance, German
Transit, Italian
transito, Latin
transitus, Lithuanian
tranzitas, Norwegian
trance, Norwegian
transitt, Portuguese
trance, Russian
тpaнзит, Spanish
trance, Swedish
trans, Swedish
transitUsage
Word found in Modern English
