An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

English-French-Persian

فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک

Homepage  Preliminaries  Abbreviations  Acknowledgments  References 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
transmute
  تراموتیدن  
tarâmutidan
Fr.: transmuter  

To change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from L. transmutare “to shift,” from → trans-

  • mutare “to change,” from PIE base *mei- “to change, go, move;” cf. Av. miθô “inverted, false,” miθaoxta-
    “wrong spoken;” Skt. methati “changes, alternates,
    joins, meets,” mith- “to alternate, meet,” mithás “opposite, in opposition;” L. meare
    “to go, pass,” mutuus “done in exchange;” Goth.
    maidjan “to change;” E. prefix mis- (in mistake).

Etymology (PE): Tarâmutidan, from tarâ-→ trans- + mutidan, from L. mutare, as above.