Etymology

transformer

trans·form·er
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Today it means: Something that transforms, changing its own or another thing's shape. Full definition →

English transform ← Middle English transformen ← Middle French transfourmer
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transformer · noun1

  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. Latintrāns-
  8. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
  9. Latinfōrma
  10. Latinfōrmō
  11. Latintransformo
  12. Old Frenchtransformer
  13. Middle Frenchtransfourmer
  14. Middle Englishtransformen
  15. Englishtransform
  16. English todaytransformer

From transform + -er.

Transformer · noun2

From transformer (something that transforms).

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