transmutation

The story

1. Latin · derived fromtransmutare“to change”
2. Late Latin · derived fromtransmutationem
3. Old French · derived fromtransmutacion“transformation, metamorphosis”
4. English todaytransmutation

Late 14th century, from Old French transmutacion (“transformation, metamorphosis”), from Late Latin transmutationem, from Latin transmutare (“to change”).

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