## Meanings
1. The process of changing from one state, condition, or situation to another.
2. To change from one state or situation to another.
3. The process of changing one's gender role and characteristics to match one's gender identity.

## Examples
- The transition from school to university can be difficult.
- The company is transitioning to renewable energy.
- She began her transition in her early twenties.

## Derived Forms
- detransition
- retransition
- transit
- transitional
- transitionary
- transitionist

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₁ey-
- Root: transition
- Root: transitio

## Etymology
Etymology tree Middle French transitionbor. English transition From Middle French transition, from Latin transitio. By surface analysis, transit + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Transition is from Middle French transition, from Latin transitio. By surface analysis, transit + -ion. The historical chain runs through Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-, Middle French transition, Latin transitio. In present-day use, it can mean the process of changing from one state, condition, or situation to another, or to change from one state or situation to another. Derived formations include detransition, retransition, transit, transitional, transitionary, transitionist.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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