Where does “cishet” come from?
cishet (English) comes from English cis, from English cisgender, from English cis-, from Latin cis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
cishet (English): Cissexual/cisgender and heterosexual; A...
Definitions
- Cissexual/cisgender and heterosexual; A...
Ancestry of “cishet”, step by step
cishet traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English cis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cis | Having two mutations on two genes on the same... |
| 2 | English | cisgender | Having a gender identity which matches the sex... |
| 3 | English | cis- | On this side of; API + diazene → cis-diazene;... |
| 4 | Latin | cis | on or to this or the near side of; short of;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English het
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | het | A heterosexual person; Fan fiction based on... |
| 2 | English | heat | Thermal energy; The condition or quality of being... |
| 3 | Middle English | heten | Alternative form of hetien |
| 4 | Old English | hǣtan | to heat; become hot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haitijan | to make hot, heat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haitijaną | to make hot, heat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |