Where does “trance” come from?
Trance comes from Middle English traunce, from Old French transir meaning to pass through or across, from Latin transeo, ultimately derived from Latin eo meaning to go.
trance (English): A dazed or unconscious condition; A state of...
Definitions
- A dazed or unconscious condition; A state of...
Ancestry of “trance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | traunce | A trance or faint; An inability to perceive... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | transe | fear of coming evil; passage from life to death |
| 3 | Old French | transir | to cut through, pass through; to be numb with... |
| 4 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 5 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 6 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 7 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |