Where does “eggtray” come from?

eggtray (English) comes from English tray, 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.

eggtray (English): A tray for holding eggs, as in an incubator, refrigerator, etc

Definitions

  1. A tray for holding eggs, as in an incubator, refrigerator, etc

Ancestry of “eggtray”, step by step

eggtray traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tray

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrayA small, typically rectangular or round, flat,...
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 egg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheggAn approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body...
2Middle EnglisheggenTo egg on; to encourage or provide motivation; To...
3Old Saxoneggianto harrow
4Old Norseeggjato incite, egg on to do
5Old Norseeggegg; edge
6Proto-Germanicagjōedge, corner
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-
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