Translatable is from translate + -able; translate is from Latin trānslātus ('carried across'), past participle of trānsferre ('to carry across'), from trāns ('across') + ferre/lātus ('to carry, bear'). Important recorded forms include trānslātus (Latin), trāns (Latin), and lātus (Latin). Morphologically, the trans- element contributes the sense of across, through, beyond, or change from one state into another. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers able to be expressed in another language or form. The wider family includes derived forms such as translatability and related words such as translate, translation, and translator.