Where does “transfeminine” come from?
transfeminine (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.
transfeminine (English): Pertaining people who were assigned male but...
Definitions
- Pertaining people who were assigned male but...
Ancestry of “transfeminine”, step by step
transfeminine 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 feminine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | feminine | Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | femynyne | female of feminine sex or gender |
| 3 | Old French | feminin | — |
| 4 | Latin | femininus | feminine; of or relating to the feminine gender |
| 5 | Latin | -inus | Of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |