English
transdialect
From trans- + dialect.
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-
Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι ‘to participate in a dialogue’
Ancient Greek διάλεκτος ‘conversation, the language of a country or a…’
Latin dialectos ‘a dialect (esp. Greek)’
Middle French dialecte
English dialect
Today it means
verb To change or translate from one dialect into another.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “transdialect”. 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 / transdialect