Etymograph

English

transume

Transume comes from Latin transūmō ‘to take from one to another’, from emō ‘to buy, purchase’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtransūmō‘to take from one to another’
  7. Englishtodaytransume

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsūmō‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtransūmō‘to take from one to another’
  7. Englishtodaytransume

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’

exempt, pomade, pommel, 55 more

through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’

presume, 46 more

through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’

premium, redemption, exemption, redeem, ransom, preemption, emptor, 41 more

through Latin sūmō ‘to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim,…’

assume, consumer, assumption, resume, consume, sumptuous, résumé, consumable, overconsumption, 32 more

Today it means

verb To change, convert

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / transume