transcend
/tɹænˈsend/tran-SEND
/tɹænˈsɛnd/tran-SEND
Meaningto climb over
Common meaning: to go beyond
- transacross
- scendto climbLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1639 · scan
‘across’ + ‘to climb’ → transcend
Journey through time
- Latintranscendere‘to climb over’source
- Englishtranscend‘to go beyond’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin scandō ‘to climb’.
Roots
- scandō, scānsum Latin “to climb”
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