Where does “genderqueerness” come from?
genderqueerness (English) comes from English genderqueer, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
genderqueerness (English): The quality or state of being genderqueer
Definitions
- The quality or state of being genderqueer
Ancestry of “genderqueerness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | genderqueer | Not exclusively male or female; having or... |
| 2 | English | gender | Class; kind; A division of nouns and pronouns ... |
| 3 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 4 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 5 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |