Where does “trans” come from?
Trans comes from Latin trans, derived from Proto-Indo-European terh₂-, a root meaning to cross or overcome.
trans (English): In a double bond in which the greater radical on...
Definitions
- In a double bond in which the greater radical on...
Ancestry of “trans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 2 | English | gender | kind |
| 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 |