Where does “transfem” come from?
transfem (English) comes from English transfeminine, from English trans, from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
transfem (English): A trans woman or other transfeminine person
Definitions
- A trans woman or other transfeminine person
Ancestry of “transfem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transfeminine | Pertaining people who were assigned male but... |
| 2 | English | trans | In a double bond in which the greater radical on... |
| 3 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 4 | English | gender | kind |
| 5 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 6 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |