transhumance

(trans hyo̵̅o̅′məns, tranz-)

noun

seasonal and alternating movement of livestock, together with the persons who tend the herds, between two regions, as lowlands and highlands

Origin: Fr < transhumer, to practice transhumance < Sp trashumar < tras-, trans- (< L, trans-) + L humus, earth: see humus

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noun

Transfer of livestock from one grazing ground to another, as from lowlands to highlands, with the changing of seasons.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from transhumer, to move livestock seasonally

Origin: , from Spanish trashumar

Origin: : Latin trāns-, trans-

Origin: + Latin humus, ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots

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