Where does “femslasher” come from?

femslasher (English) comes from English femslash, from English fem, from English feminine, from Middle English femynyne, from Old French feminin, from Latin femininus, from Latin -inus, from Proto-Italic -īnos — adjectival suffix.

femslasher (English): A person who writes femslash and/or supports female/female ships

Definitions

  1. A person who writes femslash and/or supports female/female ships

Ancestry of “femslasher”, step by step

femslasher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English femslash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfemslashSlash fiction that focuses on romantic and/or...
2EnglishfemSynonym of femme; A feminine or effeminate...
3EnglishfeminineOf or pertaining to the female gender; womanly;...
4Middle Englishfemynynefemale of feminine sex or gender
5Old Frenchfeminin
6Latinfemininusfeminine; of or relating to the feminine gender
7Latin-inusOf or pertaining to; -ine
8Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
9Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
10Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Latin -inusEvery word from Proto-Italic -īnos
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