Actually "transire" in Latin means "to pass over". Intransitive is from the Latin meaning "not passing over", and refers to the verb not acting on ("passing over to") a direct object.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_verb and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intransitive_verb for explanations which relate the passive and active voice of some languages.
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Actually "transire" in Latin
Actually "transire" in Latin means "to pass over". Intransitive is from the Latin meaning "not passing over", and refers to the verb not acting on ("passing over to") a direct object.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_verb and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intransitive_verb for explanations which relate the passive and active voice of some languages.
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