English
ambitransitive
From ambi- + transitive.
A compound of ambi- + transitive
Latin eō ‘to go’
Latin trāns ‘across’
Latin trānsitus ‘passage, crossing’
Latin trānsitīvus ‘transiting’
English transitive
Today it means
adj Able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ambitransitive