Where does “transmeridian” come from?
transmeridian (English) comes from English meridian, from Middle English meridian, from Middle French meridien, from Latin meridianus, from Latin merīdiēs, from Latin medīdiēs, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm — to be bright; sky, heaven.
transmeridian (English): Across the meridian
Definitions
- Across the meridian
Ancestry of “transmeridian”, step by step
transmeridian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meridian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meridian | The south; Midday, noon; A great circle passing... |
| 2 | Middle English | meridian | — |
| 3 | Middle French | meridien | midday; the south; celestial meridian |
| 4 | Latin | meridianus | midday, noon; southern |
| 5 | Latin | merīdiēs | midday, noon |
| 6 | Latin | medīdiēs | — |
| 7 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via English trans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trans | In a double bond in which the greater radical on... |
| 2 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 3 | English | gender | kind |
| 4 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 5 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |