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trans ponere
Latin · ancient
"to place across, to move"
to place across, to move, from trans- (across) and ponere (to place)
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transposer
Old French · medieval
"to change the order or position of things"
carried into French for changing the order or position of things
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transpose
English · 1400s
"to switch the position or order of two things"
settled as the English word for switching the position or order of two things
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