## Meanings
1. The movement of people or goods from one place to another
2. A system of public transport such as buses and trains
3. To pass through or across a place

## Examples
- Several boxes were damaged in transit to the warehouse.
- I always take public transit to work instead of driving.
- Thousands of ships transit the canal every year.

## Derived Forms
- fabrication-in-transit
- milling-in-transit

## Related Forms
- transience
- transiency
- transient
- transition
- transitional
- transitionary
- transitionist
- transitive
- transitively
- transitory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₁ey-
- Root: trānseō

## Etymology
From French, from Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”), from trans (“over”) + ire (“to go”).

## AI Etymology
Transit is from French, from Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”), from trans (“over”) + ire (“to go”). In present-day use, it can mean the movement of people or goods from one place to another, or a system of public transport such as buses and trains. Derived formations include fabrication-in-transit and milling-in-transit.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- People & Society

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