Intermutation
/ˌɪntərmjuːˈteɪʃən/noun
The act or process of changing one thing into another, or of exchanging things with each other.
Did you know?Intermutation is a real English word built from Latin roots meaning “to change between,” and it survives in older scientific, philosophical, and occult-adjacent writing about transformation.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
inter-
“between, among”
Latin
Latin
mutāre
“to change, alter”
Late Latin
Latin
intermutātiō
“an exchanging or changing between things”
Middle English
English
intermutacioun
“interchange, reciprocal change”
Modern English
English
intermutation
“the process of changing one thing into another or exchanging things with each other”