English
transformation
Transformation comes from Middle English transformacioun ‘shapeshifting, metamorphosis’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500transformacioun‘shapeshifting, metamorphosis’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024transformation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500transformacioun‘shapeshifting, metamorphosis’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024transformation
Earliest quotation: 2024, Ricardo Treviño, Self-Healing Concrete Help Buildings Seal Themselves: “This material has a specific hardness and is chemically…”
Formed from transform + -ation
Latin transformo ‘to transform’
Old French transformer
Middle French transfourmer
Middle English transformen ‘to shapeshift’
English transform
Linked words
through Ancient Greek μορφή ‘shape, form’
morphology, morph, uniformity, deformable, 28 more
through Etruscan *morma
formula, uniform, formal, informatics, forma, 19 more
through Latin fōrma
through Latin fōrmō ‘shape, form, fashion’
Today it means
noun The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English transformacioun / transformation