Where does “transience” come from?
Transience derives from Middle English -ence, from Old French -ence, from Latin -entia, a suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives.
transience (English): The quality of being transient, temporary, brief...
Definitions
- The quality of being transient, temporary, brief...
Ancestry of “transience”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transient | Passing or disappearing with time; transitory;... |
| 2 | Latin | trānsiēns | traversing, crossing |
| 3 | Latin | trānseō | to traverse; cross, cross over; go across or over; pass, pass through, over or by |
| 4 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 5 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 6 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |