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3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the act of traveling across a place, or a public transportation system
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Stage 1 of 3
transire
Latin · ancient
"to go across"
to go across, from trans- (across) and ire (to go)
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Stage 2 of 3
transitus
Latin · ancient
"a going across, a passage"
a going across, a passage, from transire
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Stage 3 of 3
transit
English · 1400s
"the act of passing through or across a place"
settled as the English word for the act of passing through or across a place
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