Where does “transduction” come from?
Transduction comes from the Latin suffix -io attached to a stem from Proto-Indo-European terh₂-, meaning to cross or rub, which also appears in the form tr̥h₂-n̥ts.
transduction (English): The transfer of genetic material from one cell to...
Definitions
- The transfer of genetic material from one cell to...
Ancestry of “transduction”, step by step
transduction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transformation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transformation | The act of transforming or the state of being... |
| 2 | Middle English | transformacioun | shapeshifting, metamorphosis |
| 3 | Middle French | transformation | — |
| 4 | Latin | trānsfōrmātiō | transformation |
| 5 | Latin | fōrmātiō | The act of shaping, forming or fashioning |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English reduction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reduction | The act, process, or result of reducing; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | reduccion | — |
| 3 | Old French | reducion | — |
| 4 | Latin | reductio | A bringing back, a leading back; A restoring,... |
| 5 | Latin | redūcō | to lead, draw, bring or conduct back; bring or accompany home |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *wre- | re-, more specifically |
Words derived from “transduction”
- mechanotransduction
- phototransduction
- transductional
- cotransduction
- posttransduction
- retransduction
- pretransduction
- mechanoelectrotransduction
- autotransduction
- chemotransduction
- osmotransduction
- pseudotransduction
- retrotransduction
- thermotransduction
- transducție
- posttransductional
- mechanotransductional
- posttransductionally