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Where does “transmasculine” come from?

transmasculine (English) comes from English masculine, from French masculin, from Italian maschile, from Spanish masculino, from Spanish -ismo, from French féminisme, from French -ïsme, from Latin -isma — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

transmasculine (English): Pertaining to people who were assigned female but...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to people who were assigned female but...

Ancestry of “transmasculine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmasculineOf or pertaining to the male gender; manly; Of or...
2Frenchmasculinmale; masculine
3Italianmaschilemasculine, male; virile, manly; men's, boys'
4Spanishmasculinomasculine, male
5Spanish-ismo-ism
6Frenchféminismefeminism
7French-ïsme-ism, variant of -isme following vowels
8Latin-ismaAlternative form of -ismus; -ism
9Latin-ismus-ism
10Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
11Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
12Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mós →