transcend

The story

1. Latin · derived fromtranscendō“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”
2. Old French · derived fromtranscender
3. Middle English · inherited fromtranscenden
4. English todaytranscend

From Middle English transcenden, from Old French transcender, from Latin transcendō (“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”), from trans (“over”) + scandō (“to climb”); see scan; compare ascend, descend.