Where does “translate” come from?
Translate comes from Middle English translaten, from Old French translater, from Latin translatus (past participle of transfero, meaning to carry across), from Latin ferre (to carry), from Proto-Indo-European bʰer- (to bear or carry).
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Definitions
- Senses relating to the change of information,...
Ancestry of “translate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | translaten | To transport or move; to cause to change place;... |
| 2 | Old French | translater | to translate |
| 3 | Latin | trānslātiō | Translation, in the broadest sense: the process of transferring or carrying something over from one thing to another; in particular |
| 4 | Latin | trānsferō | to bear, carry or bring across or over; transport, transfer, convey over |
| 5 | Latin | ferō | to bear; to carry |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ferō | carry, bear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |
Words derived from “translate”
- untranslatable
- translatable
- translatability
- translatory
- untranslatability
- retranslate
- untranslateable
- mistranslate
- intertranslatable
- intertranslatability
- translateable
- translateth
- translatology
- untranslatably
- untranslatableness
- translatese
- retranslator
- translatableness
- translatological
- untranslateableness
- scanlate
- translatome
- translatest
- undertranslate