Where does “transovarian” come from?

transovarian (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.

transovarian (English): Through the ovaries

Definitions

  1. Through the ovaries

Ancestry of “transovarian”, step by step

transovarian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via English ovarian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishovarianRelating to the ovaries
2Frenchovarienovarian
3Frenchovaireovary
4Latinovariumovary
5Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁osEvery word from Proto-Italic genos
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