transhumance

English

/tɹænzˈhjuːməns/

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Definitions
  • The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant.

Etymology

Borrowed from French transhumance derived from Latin trāns (across, beyond, on the far side, over, on the other side, on the other side of, the other side).

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Latin

trāns

Gloss

across, beyond, on the far side, over, on the other side, on the other side of, the other side

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