English
transitive
Transitive comes from Latin trānsitīvus ‘transiting’, from trānsitus ‘passage, crossing’, and ultimately from eō ‘to go’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeō‘to go’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrāns‘across’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsitus‘passage, crossing’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsitīvus‘transiting’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841-1843transitive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeō‘to go’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrāns‘across’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsitus‘passage, crossing’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsitīvus‘transiting’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841-1843transitive
Earliest quotation: 1841-1843, Ralph Waldo Emerson: “For all symbols are fluxional; all language is vehicular…”
Linked words
through Latin eō ‘to go’
issue, initial, exit, ambitious, ambient, ambition, obituary, eyre, trance, sedition, ambiance, seditious, ambit, obit, praetor, 28 more
through Latin trāns ‘across’
Today it means
adj Making a transit or passage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin eō / transitive