Where does “repchad” come from?

repchad (English) comes from English rep, from English reps, from French reps, from English ribs, from English rib, from Middle English rib, from Old English ribb, from Proto-West Germanic ribb — to cover, to roof; rib.

repchad (English): a closeted transgender person who successfully represses their desire to transition genders, typically in a manner, or for reasons, viewed as legitimate or praiseworthy

Definitions

  1. a closeted transgender person who successfully represses their desire to transition genders, typically in a manner, or for reasons, viewed as legitimate or praiseworthy

Ancestry of “repchad”, step by step

repchad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrepClipping of reputation; Clipping of repetition;...
2EnglishrepsRep; plural of rep; Third-person singular simple...
3Frenchrepsrep
4Englishribsplural of rib; Third-person singular simple...
5EnglishribAny of a series of long curved bones occurring in...
6Middle Englishrib
7Old Englishribbrib
8Proto-West Germanicribb
9Proto-Germanicribjąrib; reef, ridge
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rebʰ-to cover, to roof; rib

via English Chad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChadA very handsome, usually tall, man whom women...
2EnglishICHInitialism of intracranial hemorrhage; Initialism...
3EnglishichthyophthiriasisA parasitic infection of freshwater fish caused...
4EnglishIchthyophthirius
5Ancient Greekἰχθύςfish
6Ancient Greekἀετόςeagle; the constellation Aquila; omen
7Proto-Hellenicayyetós
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewyetós
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rebʰ-