## Etymology
From transitive + -ly; transitive is from Late Latin trānsitīvus ('passing over'), from trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go').

## AI Etymology
Transitively is from transitive + -ly; transitive is from Late Latin trānsitīvus ('passing over'), from trānsīre ('to go across'), from trāns ('across') + īre ('to go'). Important recorded forms include trānsitīvus (Latin), trāns (Latin), and īre (Latin). Morphologically, the trans- element contributes the sense of across, through, beyond, or change from one state into another. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers in a transitive manner, especially taking a direct object. The wider family includes related words such as transitive, transit, and transition.

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