Where does “genderswap” come from?

genderswap (English) comes 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.

genderswap (English): An instance of changing a fictional character's...

Definitions

  1. An instance of changing a fictional character's...

Ancestry of “genderswap”, step by step

genderswap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gender

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgenderkind
2Middle Englishgender—
3Middle Frenchgendre—
4Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
5Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English swap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishswapTo exchange or give in an exchange; To hit, to...
2Middle Englishswap—
3Middle Englishswappea blow, strike, lash from a whip
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os →Every word from Proto-Italic genos →