- transverse (adj.)
[transverse 词源字典]
- "lying across," early 15c. (earlier transversary, c. 1400), from Latin transversus "turned or directed across," past participle of transvertere "turn across," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). The verb transvert is recorded from late 14c.[transverse etymology, transverse origin, 英语词源]