Where does “transubstantiate” come from?
transubstantiate (English) comes from English tran, 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.
transubstantiate (English): To change one substance into another; to...
Definitions
- To change one substance into another; to...
Ancestry of “transubstantiate”, step by step
transubstantiate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tran
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tran | A trans person; Clipping of transmission |
| 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 |
via English substantiate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | substantiate | To verify something by supplying evidence; to... |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | substantiatus | given substance |
| 3 | Latin | substantiare | — |