(tr) to transcribe (a word, etc, in one alphabet) into corresponding letters of another alphabet: the Greek word λογοσ can be transliterated as ``logos''
[C19: trans- + -literate, from Latin lītteraletter]
"to write a word in the characters of another alphabet," 1861, apparently coined by Ger. philologist Max Müller (18231900), from trans- "across" + L. littera (also litera) "letter, character" (see letter).