Etymology

transaction

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Today it means: The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans). Full definition →

Middle French transaction ← Old French transaccion ← Late Latin transactio
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived fromtransactio
  2. Old French · derived fromtransaccion
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromtransaction
  4. English todaytransaction

Borrowed from Middle French transaction, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio. By surface analysis, trans- + action.

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