Where does “transantagonism” come from?
transantagonism (English) comes from English antagonism, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνίζομαι, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίζομαι, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
transantagonism (English): Hostility toward transgender people
Definitions
- Hostility toward transgender people
Ancestry of “transantagonism”, step by step
transantagonism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English antagonism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antagonism | A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀνταγωνιστής | opponent |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀνταγωνίζομαι | to struggle against, prove a match for |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀγωνίζομαι | to contend, compete |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English trans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trans | In a double bond in which the greater radical on... |
| 2 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 3 | English | gender | kind |
| 4 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 5 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 6 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |