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Translation comes from Middle English translacioun, from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānsferō ‘to transfer, translate’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsferō‘to transfer, translate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānslātiō‘transfer; translation’supine stem of trānsferō
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400translacioun
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘transfer, translation’
- Englishtodaytranslation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānsferō‘to transfer, translate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānslātiō‘transfer; translation’supine stem of trānsferō
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400translacioun
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘transfer, translation’
- Englishtodaytranslation
Formed from translate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
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Latin trānsferō ‘to transport, carry across, translate’
Latin trānslātus
Anglo-Norman translater
Middle English translaten ‘to transport, translate, transform’
English translate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, broad, bread, fortune, burden, bearing, barrel, barn, bore, fury, breeze, bark, baron, berth, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, bier, furtive, bahar, proffer, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, 115 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to be carrying’
bear, borne, phosphate, phosphorus, euphoria, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 93 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, indifferent, differentiation, infertility, deference, infertile, differentially, deferential, differentiable, differentiator, 70 more
through Latin ferō ‘to bear, carry’
different, offer, difference, reference, suffer, extraordinary, relative, differ, referendum, relate, referee, fertility, relation, fertile, strangely, frustration, defer, infer, extravagant, confer, infra, elated, fertilization, frustrate, fertilize, extraneous, strangeness, efferent, collate, dilate, ablation, elation, collation, ablative, oblate, estrange, 81 more
Today it means
noun The act of translating, in its various senses: The conversion of text from one language to another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin trānsferō / translation