Where does “transmutation” come from?
Transmutation comes from Old French transmutacion, meaning a change or transformation.
transmutation (English): Change, alteration; The conversion of one thing...
Definitions
- Change, alteration; The conversion of one thing...
Ancestry of “transmutation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | transmutacion | transformation, metamorphosis |
| 2 | Latin | transmutatio | transposition; changing, variability, alteration,... |
| 3 | Latin | trānsmūtō | to change, shift, transform, transmute |
| 4 | Latin | muto | I move, remove; I alter, change, modify,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |