Where does “Transcaucasia” come from?

Transcaucasia (English) comes from English trans, from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Ancestry of “Transcaucasia”, step by step

Transcaucasia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English trans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransIn a double bond in which the greater radical on...
2EnglishtransgenderHaving a gender which is different from the sex...
3Englishgenderkind
4Middle Englishgender—
5Middle Frenchgendre—
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Russian Закавка́зье

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЗакавка́зье—
2RussianКавка́зCaucasus
3FrenchCaucaseCaucasus (geographic region)
4LatinCaucasusCaucasus
5Ancient GreekΚαύκασοςCaucasus
6Proto-Scythianxrohukäsiice-shining, white with snow

via Catalan Caucas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanCaucasCaucasus region

Words derived from “Transcaucasia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →