Where does “transparently” come from?
Transparently comes from Middle English -ly added to Latin transparere, meaning "to shine through," from Latin trans- and a root related to Proto-Indo-European terh₂- meaning "to cross" and peh₂- meaning "to stretch."
transparently (English): in a transparent manner; with nothing hidden; So...
Definitions
- in a transparent manner; with nothing hidden; So...
Ancestry of “transparently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transparent | See-through, clear; having the property that... |
| 2 | English | parent | One of the two persons from whom one is... |
| 3 | Middle French | parent | parent |
| 4 | Old French | parent | parent |
| 5 | Latin | parēns | parent, mother, father |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |