Where does “transition” come from?
Transition comes from Middle French transition, derived from Latin transitio, combining Latin trans with a root from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- meaning to cross or go through.
transition (English): The process of change from one form, state, style...
Definitions
- The process of change from one form, state, style...
Ancestry of “transition”, step by step
transition traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French transition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | transition | — |
| 2 | Latin | transitio | transit, transition, passage; desertion;... |
| 3 | Latin | itio | a going, walking, travelling |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “transition”
- transitional
- retransition
- transitionary
- pretransition
- posttransition
- transitionally
- nontransition
- transitionality
- pretransitional
- nontransitional
- posttransitional
- transitionless
- transitioner
- transitionist
- transition matrix
- detransition
- antitransition
- post-transition metal
- tranzycja
- macrotransition
- transitionable
- transitionism
- multitransitional
- detransitioner