Etymograph

English

transact

Transact comes from Latin trānsāctus ‘finished, finalized, etc’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsāctus‘finished, finalized, etc’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1726transact

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsāctus‘finished, finalized, etc’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1726transact

Earliest quotation: 1726, Jonathan Swift, The Author Sets out on His Third Voyage; is taken by Pyrates: “Therefore in hopes to defray ſome of the Charges…”

Every English word from Latin trānsāctus

Today it means

verb To do, carry through, conduct or perform.

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Etymograph / Latin trānsāctus / transact

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