transactio

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [trãːˈsaːk.ti.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [tranˈsak.t͡si.o]^[1]

Forms

trānsāctiō f (genitive trānsāctiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from trānsigō “to carry through, settle” with the suffix -tiō.^[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's first source is Tertullian, whom he dates c. 160–220 AD.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant a negotiated settlement, a business arrangement, a deal, as in the Digest.^[2][5] Tertullian uses it for completion, the end of the world, and Ennodius of the end of life.^[6][5] Lewis & Short call it post-classical.^[6]

British Medieval Latin used it for an agreement, settlement, compromise, especially a legal one, and the document recording it.^[7] It gave English transaction in the mid-15th century, in civil law “the adjustment of a dispute by mutual concession”.^[3]

Timeline

• c. 160–220 AD – Tertullian uses it.^[4][6]
• 533 AD – The Digest uses it of a settlement.^[5][4]
• mid-15th century – English transaction is recorded.^[3]

Meanings

Noun

1. A settlement, agreement, transaction.^[2]
2. (Late Latin) Completion, end.^[6]

Word family

• trānsāctiōnālis

Related words

• trānsigō
• agō
• English transaction

References

1. ^ a b c d 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 Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
7. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press