transumption

noun

tran·​sump·​tion

-(p)shən

plural -s

: an act, process, or instance of making a copy

only experts could read the original, a transumption in the ordinary hand

—H. W. Smith

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin transumption-, transumptio transcription, from Latin, transferal of terms, from transumptus (past participle of transumere to take from one to another, from trans- + sumere to take, from sub- up + emere to take) + -ion-, -io -ion

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