Origin of traverse
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English
traversen < Middle French
traverser to cross < Late Latin
trānsversāre, derivative of Latin
trānsversus (see
trans-,
versus); (noun) Middle English
travers(e) < Middle French
traverse (< Latin
trānsversa something lying across, feminine of
trānsversus) and
travers (< Latin
trānsversum passage across, neuter of
trānsversus)
OTHER WORDS FROM traverse
Words nearby traverse
British Dictionary definitions for non-traversable
Derived forms of traverse
traversable, adjective traversal, noun traverser, nounWord Origin for traverse
C14: from Old French
traverser, from Late Latin
trānsversāre, from Latin
trānsversus
transverse