Etymology

transhumance

trans·hu·mance
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Today it means: The seasonal movement of grazing livestock (especially cattle, sheep, or goats) to new pastures which may be quite distant; alpine and nonalpine versions of such movement exist. Full definition →

French transhumance ← Latin trāns
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  1. Latin · derived fromtrāns“across, beyond”
  2. French · borrowed fromtranshumance
  3. English todaytranshumance

Borrowed from French transhumance, ultimately from Latin trāns (“across, beyond”) + humus (“ground”).

Words from the same roots

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