English
transmodal
From trans- + modal.
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 *med- ‘to measure’
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Proto-Italic *modos
Latin modus ‘mode’
Medieval Latin modālis ‘pertaining to a mode’
Middle French modal
English modal
Today it means
adj Crossing, occurring in, or using more than one mode or modality.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “transmodal”. 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 / transmodal