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Where does “transpositions” come from?

transpositions (French) comes from French transposition, from French transposer, from Latin transpono, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- — smoke; mist, haze.

transpositions (French): plural of transposition

Definitions

  1. plural of transposition

Ancestry of “transpositions”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtranspositiontransposition
2Frenchtransposerto transpose
3LatintransponoI place over or across; I transfer
4Latintrāns—
5LatinPadus—
6LeponticBodincus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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