- transitive (adj.)
[transitive 词源字典]
- "taking a direct object" (of verbs), 1570s (implied in transitively), from Late Latin transitivus (Priscian) "transitive," literally "passing over (to another person)," from transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Related: Transitively.[transitive etymology, transitive origin, 英语词源]