English
transverse
Transverse comes from Latin trānsversus ‘turned across’, from Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, rotate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*trānsworssos‘transverse, across’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsversus‘turned across’
- Englishearliest quotation 1671transverse
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, rotate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wértetor‘to turn, be turning’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*trānsworssos‘transverse, across’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsversus‘turned across’
- Englishearliest quotation 1671transverse
Earliest quotation: 1671, George Villiers, The Rehearsal: “Bayes: Why, thus, Sir; nothing so easy when understood;…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, rotate’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, derision, vertebrate, introvert, invert, vertebra, deride, evert, derisive, wurst, vertiginous, extraversion, 56 more
through Proto-Indo-European *wértetor ‘to turn, be turning’
diversion, inversion, aversion, perversion, reversion, 21 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
university, version, conversation, divorce, diversity, vertical, versus, diverse, advertisement, vortex, convertible, adverse, versatile, advert, divert, revert, pervert, adversity, diversification, vertex, vertigo, inverse, avert, subvert, vert, perverse, averse, verso, perversity, 49 more
through Latin trānsversus ‘turned across’
Today it means
adj Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / transverse