Etymograph

English

transcommunication

From trans- + communication.

Formed from trans- + communication

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-

Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to change’

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Latin commūnicō ‘to share, impart’

Latin commūnicātiō ‘sharing, imparting’

Old French communicacion ‘communication’

Middle English comunicacioun

English communication

Today it means

noun Communication with the dead, or the spiritual world.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “transcommunication”. 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.

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