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1. Latin · derived fromtrānslātiō
2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtranslacioun
3. Middle English · inherited fromtranslacioun“transfer, translation”
4. English todaytranslation

From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”). Equivalent to translate + -ion. Displaced native Old English wending.