Where does “transavantgarde” come from?
transavantgarde (English) comes from English trans, from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
transavantgarde (English): An Italian form of neo-expressionism
Definitions
- An Italian form of neo-expressionism
Ancestry of “transavantgarde”, step by step
transavantgarde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English avant-garde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | avant-garde | The vanguard of an army or other force; Any group... |
| 2 | French | avant-garde | vanguard; avant-garde, firing line |
| 3 | Old French | avantgarde | — |