Etymograph

English

transcurrent

Transcurrent comes from Latin transcurrere.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtranscurrere1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2004transcurrent1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English transcurrent
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth: “Some of these faults may have been the site…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtranscurrereWiktionary, English transcurrent
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2004transcurrentWiktionary, English transcurrent. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth: “Some of these faults may have been the site…”

Every English word from Latin transcurrere

Today it means

adj Passing transversely.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “transcurrent”. 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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