English
transpose
Transpose comes from Latin trānspositus ‘transferred’, and goes back to trānspōnō ‘to put across’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānspōnō‘to put across’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānspositus‘transferred’perfect passive participle of trānspōnō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400transposer
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500transposen
- Englishtodaytranspose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānspōnō‘to put across’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtrānspositus‘transferred’perfect passive participle of trānspōnō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400transposer
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500transposen
- Englishtodaytranspose
A compound of trāns ‘across’ + pōnō ‘to put’
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘through, throughout, over’
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-n̥ts
Proto-Italic *trānts
Latin trāns ‘across’
Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to build, cultivate’
Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti
Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’
Latin *sinō ‘to put in place’
Latin pōnō ‘to put’
Every English word from Latin trānspōnō
Today it means
verb To reverse or change the order of (two or more things); to swap or interchange.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin trānspōnō / transpose