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Forms

trāns-^[1] Often trā- before voiced consonants (trādūcō, trāiciō, trāmittō).^[2][3]

Etymology

It is the preposition trāns (“across”) used as a prefix,^[2][1] inherited from Proto-Italic *trāns.^[1] De Vaan explains the preposition as an old present participle, Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts (“crossing”).^[3][1]

Cognate with Umbrian trahaf (“on the other side of”) and the Umbrian prefix trah-.^[3]

Meanings

Prefix

1. Across, over, to the other side (trānseō, trānsferō).^[2][1]
2. Through (trānsfīgō).^[1]
3. Beyond (trānsgredior).^[1]

Word family

• trānseō
• trānsferō
• trādūcō
• trādō
• trānsmittō
• trānsigō
• trānsfīgō
• trānsgredior
• trānsiliō
• trānsportō
• trānsfuga
• trāiciō
• trānsvertō

Related words

• English trans-

References

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b c de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill