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Where does “transform” come from?

Transform derives from Old French transformer, from Latin transformo, from Latin formo meaning to form or shape, from Ancient Greek μορφή meaning form or shape, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- meaning to cross or turn.

transform (English): To change greatly the appearance or form of; To...

Definitions

  1. To change greatly the appearance or form of; To...

Ancestry of “transform”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtransformen—
2Middle Frenchtransfourmer—

Words derived from “transform”

  • transformer
  • transformative
  • Transformer
  • transformable
  • autotransformer
  • transformism
  • transformability
  • transformist
  • transformatively
  • transformerless
  • retransform
  • biotransform
  • nontransformative
  • transformeth
  • untransformable
  • nontransformable
  • antitransform
  • transformest
  • transformerlike
  • supertransform
  • biotransformative
  • transfoma
Every word from Middle French transfourmer →