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Language: Latin
Origin: trans 'across, beyond'

trans-

 prefix
     
trans-
1 on or to the far side of something [= across]:
transatlantic flights
the trans-Siberian railway
2 between two things or groups [= inter-]:
trans-racial fostering
3 shows a change:
He's been transformed by the experience.
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