Where does “transcategorial” come from?

transcategorial (English) comes from English categorial, from Romanian categorie, from French catégorie, from German Kategorie, from Italian categoria, from Spanish categoría, from Portuguese categoria, from Late Latin categoria — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

transcategorial (English): Between categories

Definitions

  1. Between categories

Ancestry of “transcategorial”, step by step

transcategorial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English categorial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcategorialcategorical, absolute, without exception;...
2Romaniancategoriecategory
3Frenchcatégoriecategory
4GermanKategoriecategory
5Italiancategoriacategory, topic; class
6Spanishcategoríacategory; standing, regard
7Portuguesecategoriacategory
8Late Latincategoriaclass of predicables; accusation; predicament
9Ancient Greekκατηγορίαcharge, accusation; predication, category
10Ancient Greekκατηγορέωto speak against, especially before judges, to...
11Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
12Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
13Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via English trans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransIn a double bond in which the greater radical on...
2EnglishtransgenderHaving a gender which is different from the sex...
3Englishgenderkind
4Middle Englishgender
5Middle Frenchgendre
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Ancient Greek -έωEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti
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