English
transversity
From transverse + -ity.
Formed from transverse + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, rotate’
Proto-Indo-European *wértetor ‘to turn, be turning’
Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
Proto-Italic *trānsworssos ‘transverse, across’
Latin trānsversus ‘turned across’
English transverse
Today it means
noun The condition of being transverse; transverseness
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / transversity