Where does “trancer” come from?
trancer (English) comes from English trance, from Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe, from Old French transir, from Latin trānseō, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus — smoke; mist, haze.
trancer (English): A person who enters a state of trance
Definitions
- A person who enters a state of trance
Ancestry of “trancer”, step by step
trancer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English trance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trance | A dazed or unconscious condition; A state of... |
| 2 | Middle English | traunce | A trance or faint; An inability to perceive... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | transe | fear of coming evil; passage from life to death |
| 4 | Old French | transir | to cut through, pass through; to be numb with... |
| 5 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 6 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 7 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 8 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |