English
transcode
From trans- + code.
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘to cross over, pass through, overcome’
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Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts
Proto-Italic *trāns ‘across, beyond’
Proto-Italic *trāns-
English trans-
Latin caudex ‘the stock or stem of a tree’
Latin cōdex ‘tree trunk’
Old French code ‘system of law’
Middle English code ‘system of law’
English code
Today it means
verb To convert from one encoding to another.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “transcode”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / transcode