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Where does “transhumance” come from?

transhumance (English) comes from French transhumance, from French transhumer, from Spanish trashumar, from Spanish tras-, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn — smoke; mist, haze.

transhumance (English): The seasonal movement of people, with their...

Definitions

  1. The seasonal movement of people, with their...

Ancestry of “transhumance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtranshumancetranshumance
2FrenchtranshumerTo move livestock according to transhumance; To...
3Spanishtrashumarto move to new pastures
4Spanishtras-Alternative form of trans-
5Latintrāns—
6LatinPadus—
7LeponticBodincus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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