An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. General: Surpassing or superior.
   
2. Math.: → transcendental function, → transcendental number.

Etymology (EN): From transcendentalis, from transcendere “to climb over or beyond, surmount,” from → trans- “beyond” + scandere “to climb” + -alis, → -al.

Etymology (PE): Tarâfarâzandé, from tarâ- “beyond, over,” → trans-,

• farâzandé agent noun of farâzandan “to raise, erect, exalt,” from farâz “above, up, upon, on the top, aloft,” from Mid.Pers. farâz, farâc “forward, prominent, distinguished;” Av. frānk- (adj.) “turned toward the front,” fraca (adv.) “forward, forth,” fraš (adv.) “forward, forth; before;” Proto-Iranian *frānk-.