Etymology

transcode

T1R1A1N1S1C3O1D2E1

Today it means: To convert from one encoding to another. Full definition →

English code ← Middle English code ← Old French code
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Latincaudex
  10. Latincōdex
  11. Old Frenchcode
  12. Middle Englishcode
  13. Englishcode
  14. English todaytranscode

From trans- + code.

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