Where does “transmember” come from?

transmember (English) comes from English member, from Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum, from Proto-Italic memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European mḗms, from Proto-Indo-European mems-, from Proto-Indo-European me-ms-.

transmember (English): Through or across a member

Definitions

  1. Through or across a member

Ancestry of “transmember”, step by step

transmember traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English member

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmemberOne who officially belongs to a group; A part of...
2Middle Englishmembre
3Old Frenchmembrelimb
4Latinmembrumlimb of the body; member; the penis; a portion,...
5Proto-Italicmemzrom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗmsflesh, meat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmems-flesh, meat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanme-ms-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmes-

via English trans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransIn a double bond in which the greater radical on...
2EnglishtransgenderHaving a gender which is different from the sex...
3Englishgenderkind
4Middle Englishgender
5Middle Frenchgendre
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mes-Every word from Proto-Indo-European me-ms-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mems-