transfrete

verb

1. To cross a channel or narrow sea.

   dated

   The marquesse then of Monferrato, a citye in Italy, beynge a gentleman of great prowesse and valiance, was appointed to transfrete the seas in a generall passage made by the Christians, wyth an huge armie and great furniture.

   c. 1567, William Painter, "The Marchionisse of Monferrato", in The Palace of Pleasure, volume 2, page 181, Joseph Haselwood, editor, 1813 edition

Where it comes from

From Middle English [Term?], ultimately from Latin transfreto (“cross a strait or sea”), from trans (“across”) + fretum or fretus (“strait, channel”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry transfrete (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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