The word breaks down as: **trans- + form + -ation** ## **Transformation = the process of carrying something across or beyond one form into another.** [[Trans]] comes from Latin _trans_, meaning **across, beyond, through, or on the other side of**. You see the same root in words such as _transcend_, _transmit_, _transport_, and _transition_. It implies passage: something moves from one condition, boundary, or state into another. [[Form]] comes through Latin _forma_, meaning **shape, figure, appearance, configuration, or form**. It can refer to the outward shape of something, but also to the structure that makes a thing recognizable as what it is. [[Ation]] a result or product of action: