Where does “transenvelope” come from?
transenvelope (English) comes from English envelope, from French enveloppe, from Middle French enveloppe, from Old French envelope, from Old French envoloper, from Old French en-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
transenvelope (English): Across or through an envelope (space between membranes)
Definitions
- Across or through an envelope (space between membranes)
Ancestry of “transenvelope”, step by step
transenvelope traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English envelope
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | envelope | A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose... |
| 2 | French | enveloppe | envelope |
| 3 | Middle French | enveloppe | — |
| 4 | Old French | envelope | that which envelops, a type of garment; casing,... |
| 5 | Old French | envoloper | — |
| 6 | Old French | en- | en- in; into |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
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 |