Where does “transformation” come from?
Transformation comes from Ecclesiastical Latin transformatio, from Latin formatio (a forming or shaping), from Latin formo (to form), from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphē, form or shape), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- (to cross or overcome).
transformation (English): The act of transforming or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of transforming or the state of being...
Ancestry of “transformation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | transformacioun | shapeshifting, metamorphosis |
| 2 | Middle French | transformation | — |
| 3 | Latin | trānsfōrmātiō | transformation |
| 4 | Latin | fōrmātiō | The act of shaping, forming or fashioning |
| 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 |
Words derived from “transformation”
- transduction
- transformational
- biotransformation
- mechanotransduction
- phototransduction
- cotransformation
- transformationalist
- retransformation
- transformationally
- transductional
- phototransformation
- cotransduction
- transformationalism
- electrotransformation
- nontransformational
- phytotransformation
- posttransduction
- autotransformation
- detransformation
- biotransformational
- transzformáció
- supertransformation
- agrotransformation
- agro-transformation