Where does “Transcaucasian” come from?

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

Transcaucasian (English): in, from or otherwise relating to Transcaucasia,...

Definitions

  1. in, from or otherwise relating to Transcaucasia,...

Ancestry of “Transcaucasian”, step by step

Transcaucasian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Transcaucasia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTranscaucasia
2EnglishtransIn a double bond in which the greater radical on...
3EnglishtransgenderHaving a gender which is different from the sex...
4Englishgenderkind
5Middle Englishgender
6Middle Frenchgendre
7Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
8Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English ān

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishān
2Middle Englishāna, an indefinite article
3Old Englishānlonely; entirely alone, solitary, single; one
4Proto-West Germanicainone
5Proto-Germanicainazone; some
6Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-
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