English
transpassive
From trans- + passive.
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 *peh₁- ‘to hurt’
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Latin passus
Latin passivus ‘serving to express the suffering of an action’
French passif ‘the passive voice’
Middle English passyf
English passive
Today it means
adj Relating to, or subject to transpassivation
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “transpassive”. 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 / transpassive