Etymograph

English

transformism

From transform + -ism.

A compound of transform + -ism

Latin transformo ‘to transform’

Old French transformer

Middle French transfourmer

Middle English transformen ‘to shapeshift’

English transform

Today it means

noun The doctrine that living organisms have evolved from previously existing forms of living matter.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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