Transit
/ˈtræn.zɪt/noun
The passing of something or someone from one place, state, or condition to another.
Did you know?“Transit” comes from Latin *transitus*, and the same *trāns-* root also gave English words tied to crossing beyond limits, which is why the word still feels like movement through a boundary.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ters-
“to cross over, pass through”
Latin
Latin
transire
“to go across, pass over”
Latin
Latin
transitus
“a going across, passage”
Old French
Old French
transit
“passage, crossing”
Middle English
English
transit
“a passage or crossing”
Modern English
English
transit
“the act or process of passing from one place or state to another”
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