transit English · revision 6878

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1440|origins=la transeo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtɹæn.zɪt/, /ˈtɹæn.sɪt/; /ˈtɹɑːn.zɪt/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|transitus|t=a going over, passage]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|la|transeo|alt=trānsīre|t=to cross over, go across]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021) from [[m|la|trans|t=across]] and [[m|la|eo|alt=īre|t=to go]], from PIE [[ine-pro|*h₁ey-|alt=*ei-|t=to go]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The action of passing across or through, and a passageway: about 1440 in the OED and Barnhart, the mid-15th century in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In astrology, the passage of a planet across a special point is from 1621,^(OED 1989) and in astronomy, the passage of a celestial body across the disc of a larger one, as in the ''transit of Venus'', from 1669.^(Barnhart 1988) The verb, to pass over the disc of a heavenly body, is from the 1680s.^(Etymonline) The carriage of persons or goods is from 1800,^(OED 1989) and ''in transit'' is from the same period.^(Etymonline) Public passenger transport, chiefly North American, is from 1873.^(OED 1989) A surveying instrument called a transit is from the 19th century.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1440 – passage; a passageway.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1621 – in astrology.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1669 – in astronomy.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1800 – carriage of goods.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1873 – public transport.^(OED 1989)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The carrying of people or goods from one place to another.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(chiefly North American)'' A system of public [[transport]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of passing over, across or through; [[passage]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(astronomy)'' The passage of a planet or moon across the [[disc]] of a larger body.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A surveying instrument for measuring angles.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To pass across or through.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[paratransit]]

+ * [[transit lounge]]

+ * [[rapid transit]]

+ * [[transit instrument]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[transience]]

+ * [[transiency]]

+ * [[transient]]

+ * [[transition]]

+ * [[transitive]]

+ * [[transitory]]

+ * [[trance]]

+ * [[exit]]

+ * [[itinerary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}