Word part · Latin prefix
The Latin prefix trans-
Means: across, or from one place to another.
At a glance
- Part
- trans-
- Meaning
- across, or from one place to another
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
Ask what moves across: goods are transported, a plant is transplanted to new soil.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- trans (prefix)+plant (root or base)→transplant
move a plant from one place to another
- trans (prefix)+act (root or base)+ion (suffix)→transaction
an act of trading, such as buying or selling
- trans (prefix)+port (root or base)→transport
carry from one place to another
- trans (prefix)+port (root or base)+ation (suffix)→transportation
a way of carrying people or goods
- trans (prefix)+form (root or base)→transform
change the shape or form of
- trans (prefix)+mit (root or base)→transmit
send across from one place to another
- trans (prefix)+mit (root or base)+er (suffix)→transmitter
a machine that sends out signals
trans + mit + er: double the last letter → transmitter
- trans (prefix)+miss (root or base)+ion (suffix)→transmission
the act of sending something across
- trans (prefix)+fer (root or base)→transfer
carry or move from one place to another
- trans (prefix)+form (root or base)+ation (suffix)→transformation
a complete change of shape or form
- trans (prefix)+fer (root or base)+able (suffix)→transferable
can be moved to another person or place
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