- transcendence (n.)
- c.1600, from Medieval Latin transcendentia, from Latin transcendentem (see transcendent).
- transcendent (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Latin transcendentem, present participle of transcendere (see transcend).
- transcendental (adj.)
- 1660s, from Medieval Latin transcendentalis, from Latin transcendentem (see transcendent). Transcendental meditation attested by 1966.
- transcendentalism (n.)
- 1803, in reference to Kant, later to Schelling; 1842 in reference to the New England religio-philosophical movement; from transcendental + -ism.
- transcendentalist (n.)
- 1803, from transcendental + -ist.
- transcontinental (adj.)
- 1853 (in transcontinental railroad), American English, from trans- + continental.
- transcribe (v.)
- 1550s, from Latin transcribere "to copy, write again in another place, write over, transfer," from trans- "over" (see trans-) + scribere "write" (see script). To do it poorly is to transcribble (1746). Related: Transcribed; transcribing.
- transcript (n.)
- "written copy," late 13c., from Latin transcriptum, neuter past participle of transcribere (see transcribe).
- transcription (n.)
- 1590s, from Latin transcriptionem, noun of action from past participle stem of transcribere (see transcribe).
- transduce (v.)
- 1949, back-formation from transducer. Related: Transduced; transducing.
- transducer (n.)
- 1924, "device which converts energy from one form to another," from Latin transducere "lead across, transfer," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)).
- transduction (n.)
- 1650s, from Latin transductionem, noun of action from transducere/traducere (see traduce).
- transect (v.)
- "to cut across," 1630s, from Latin trans- "across" (see trans-) + sectus, past participle of secare "to cut" (see section (n.)).
- transept (n.)
- "transverse section of a cruciform church," 1530s, from Medieval Latin transeptum, from Latin trans- "across" (see trans-) + saeptum "fence, partition, enclosure" (see septum). Rare before 1700.
- transeunt (adj.)
- variant of transient (adj.), usually in a sense of �operating beyond itself� (opposite of immanent).
- transexual
- see transsexual.
- transfer (v.)
- late 14c., from Latin transferre "bear across, carry over, transfer, translate," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + ferre "to carry" (see infer). Related: Transferred; transferring.
- transfer (n.)
- 1670s, from transfer (v.).
- transferee (n.)
- 1590s, "one who is transferred;" 1736 as "one to whom a transfer is made;" from transfer (v.) + -ee.
- transference
- 1680s; see transfer (v.) + -ence. In psychoanalytical sense it is recorded from 1911, translating German übertragung (Freud).
- transferor (n.)
- 1875, agent noun in Latin form from transfer (v.).
- transfiguration (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin transfigurationem, noun of action from past participle stem of transfigurare (see transfigure). In English, originally "the change in appearance of Christ before his disciples" (Matt. xvii:2; Mark ix:2,3). The non-Christian sense is first recorded 1540s.
- transfigure (v.)
- c.1300, from Old French transfigurer (12c.), from Latin transfigurare "change the shape of," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + figurare "to form, fashion," from figura "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)). Related: Transfigured; transfiguring.
- transfix (v.)
- 1580s, "pierce through, impale," from Middle French transfixer, from Latin transfixus "impaled," past participle of transfigere "to impale, pierce through," from trans- "through" (see trans-) + figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix (v.)). Figurative sense of "make motionless or helpless, as with amazement, terror, or grief" is first recorded 1640s. Related: Transfixed; transfixing.
- transform (v.)
- mid-14c., from Old French transformer, from Latin transformare "change the shape or form of," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + formare "to form" (see form). Related: Transformed; transforming.
- transformation (n.)
- c.1400, from Old French transformation and directly from Latin transformationem (nominative transformatio), noun of action from past participle stem of transformare (see transform).
- transformational (adj.)
- 1857, from transformation + -al (1).
- transformer (n.)
- "device to reduce electrical currents," 1883, from French transformateur (1882); see transform.
- transfuse (v.)
- "to transfer by pouring," early 15c., from Latin transfusus, past participle of transfundere "pour from one container to another," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + fundere "to pour" (see found (2)). Related: Transfused; transfusing.
- transfusion (n.)
- 1570s, "action of pouring liquid from one vessel to another," from Latin transfusionem (nominative transfusio), noun of action from transfusus (see transfuse). Sense of "transfering of blood from one individual to another" first recorded 1640s.
- transgender (adj.)
- by 1988, from trans- + gender. Related: Transgendered.
- transgress (v.)
- late 15c., from Middle French transgresser (14c.), from Latin transgressus, past participle of transgredi "to step across" (see transgression). Related: Transgressed; transgressing.
- transgression (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French transgression (12c.), from Late Latin transgressionem (nominative transgressio) "a transgression of the law," in classical Latin, "a going over," from transgressus, past participle of transgredi "go beyond," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + gradi (past participle gressus) "to walk, go" (see grade).
- transgressive (adj.)
- 1640s, from transgress + -ive.
- transgressor (n.)
- early 15c., from Anglo-French transgressour, Old French transgressor, and directly from Latin transgressor, agent noun from transgredi (see transgression).
- transience (n.)
- 1745; see transient + -ence.
- transient (adj.)
- c.1600, from Latin transiens (accusative transientem) "passing over or away," present participle of transire "cross over, pass away," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + ire "to go" (see ion). The noun is first attested 1650s; specific sense of "transient guest or boarder" first recorded 1880.
- transistor (n.)
- "small electronic device," 1948, from transfer + resistor, so called because it transfers an electrical current across a resistor. Said to have been coined by U.S. electrical engineer John Robinson Pierce (1910-2002) of Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., where the device was invented in 1947. It that took over many functions of the vacuum tube. Transistor radio is first recorded 1958.
- 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.
- transition (n.)
- 1550s, from Latin transitionem (nominative transitio) "a going across or over," noun of action from past participle stem of transire "go or cross over" (see transient).
- transitive (adj.)
- "taking a direct object" (of verbs), 1570s (implied in transitively), from Late Latin transitivus (Priscian) "transitive," literally "that may pass over (to another person)," from transire "go or cross over" (see transient).
- transitory (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French transitoire (12c.), from Late Latin transitorius "passing, transient," from Latin, "allowing passage through," from transitus, past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient).
- translate (v.)
- c.1300, "to remove from one place to another," also "to turn from one language to another," from Latin translatus "carried over," serving as past participle of transferre "to bring over, carry over" (see transfer), from trans- (see trans-) + latus "borne, carried," from *tlatos, from PIE root *tel-, *tol- "to bear, carry" (see extol). Related: Translated; translating. A similar notion is behind the Old English word it replaced, awendan, from wendan "to turn, direct" (see wend).
- translater (n.)
- occasional spelling of translator.
- translation (n.)
- mid-14c., "removal of a saint's body or relics to a new place," also "rendering of a text from one language to another," from Old French translation (12c.) or directly from Latin translationem, noun of action from past participle stem of transferre (see transfer).
- translator (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French translator (12c.) or directly from Latin translatorem, agent noun from transferre (see transfer).
- transliterate (v.)
- "to write a word in the characters of another alphabet," 1861, apparently coined by German philologist Max Müller (1823-1900), from trans- "across" (see trans-) + Latin littera (also litera) "letter, character" (see letter).
- translocation (n.)
- 1620s, from trans- + location.
- translucence (adj.)
- early 15c., from Medieval Latin translucentia, from Latin translucentem (see translucenct).