Etymology

transdifferentiation

Today it means: The change of one type of differentiated cell into another; metaplasia Full definition →

English differentiation ← New Latin differentiātus ← Latin differentia
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  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. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  10. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  11. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  12. Proto-Italic*dis-
  13. Latindis-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  16. Proto-Italic*ferō
  17. Latinferō
  18. Latindifferō
  19. Latindifferēns
  20. Latindifferentia
  21. New Latindifferentiō
  22. New Latindifferentiātus
  23. Englishdifferentiate
  24. Englishdifferentiation
  25. English todaytransdifferentiation

From trans- + differentiation.

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