- transit (v.)
- mid-15c., from Latin transitus, past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Related: Transited; transiting.
- transit (n.)
- "act or fact of passing across or through," mid-15c., from Latin transitus, past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Meaning "public transporation" is attested from 1873.