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Where does “transmute” come from?

Transmute comes from Latin transmutare, meaning to change or alter, formed from the prefix trans- and mutare, to change, which derives from Proto-Indo-European mew-, meaning to move or change.

transmute (English): To change, transform or convert one thing to...

Definitions

  1. To change, transform or convert one thing to...

Ancestry of “transmute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrānsmūtāre—

Words derived from “transmute”

  • transmutable
  • transmutability
  • transmuter
  • intransmutable
  • untransmutable
  • transmuteth
  • transmutest
  • transmutableness
  • intransmutability
  • transmutably
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