Where does “transmundane” come from?

transmundane (English) comes from English trans, from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

transmundane (English): Occurring beyond the physical world

Definitions

  1. Occurring beyond the physical world

Ancestry of “transmundane”, step by step

transmundane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English trans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransIn a double bond in which the greater radical on...
2EnglishtransgenderHaving a gender which is different from the sex...
3Englishgenderkind
4Middle Englishgender—
5Middle Frenchgendre—
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English mundane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmundaneWorldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to...
2Middle Englishmondeyne—
3Old Frenchmondain—
4Late Latinmundanusworldly, mundane; cosmopolitan
5Latinmundusclean, pure; neat; nice, fine, elegant,...
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanmewH-to wash, wet; to make wet, wash; wet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os →Every word from Proto-Italic genos →