Transition
/trænˈzɪʃən/noun
The process or period of changing from one state, condition, or place to another.
Did you know?It comes from Latin transire, meaning “to go across,” so the word itself carries the ancient idea of crossing a boundary rather than simply “changing.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ters-
“to cross over, pass through”
Latin
Latin
transire
“to go across, pass over”
Late Latin
Latin
transitionem
“a going across, passage”
Old French
Old French
transition
“a passing over, change”
14th Century
English
transition
“a passing from one condition to another”
Modern English
English
transition
“the process of change from one state to another”