English
transdetermination
From trans- + determination.
Formed from trans- + determination
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 *térmn̥ ‘boundary, end’
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Latin dēterminō ‘to confine’
Latin dēterminātiō
Old French determinacion ‘outcome’
Middle English determinacion
English determination
Today it means
noun Change of the path of differentiation in cells.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “transdetermination”. 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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