Where does “transplanetary” come from?
transplanetary (English) comes from English planetary, from English planet, from Middle English planete, from Old French planete, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα — passed , crossed.
transplanetary (English): Beyond the planet; across more than one planet
Definitions
- Beyond the planet; across more than one planet
Ancestry of “transplanetary”, step by step
transplanetary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English planetary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | planetary | Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion... |
| 2 | English | planet | Each of the seven major bodies which move... |
| 3 | Middle English | planete | Each of the seven celestial bodies which move... |
| 4 | Old French | planete | planet |
| 5 | Latin | planēta | planet (wandering star) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πλανήτης | wanderer, vagabond; planet; a fever that comes in... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |