Where does “transcreation” come from?
transcreation (English) comes from English creation, from Middle English creacion, from Old French creacion, from Latin creātio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
transcreation (English): An adaptation of a creative work into another...
Definitions
- An adaptation of a creative work into another...
Ancestry of “transcreation”, step by step
transcreation traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English creation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | creation | Something created such as an invention or... |
| 2 | Middle English | creacion | The process of making, inventing, or creating;... |
| 3 | Old French | creacion | — |
| 4 | Latin | creātio | a creating, producing; creation |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English transcreate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transcreate | To transfer the creative elements of a work into... |
| 2 | English | trans | In a double bond in which the greater radical on... |
| 3 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 4 | English | gender | kind |
| 5 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 6 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English Translation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Translation | The act of translating, in its various senses |
| 2 | Middle English | translacioun | Relocation, removal; Divestment or giving away;... |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | translacioun | Alternative form of translacion |
| 4 | Latin | trānslātiō | Translation, in the broadest sense: the process of transferring or carrying something over from one thing to another; in particular |
| 5 | Latin | trānsferō | to bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer, convey over |
| 6 | Latin | ferō | to bear; to carry |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ferō | carry, bear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |