Where does “transsexualist” come from?
transsexualist (English) comes from English transsexual, from English trans-, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
transsexualist (English): A transsexual person
Definitions
- A transsexual person
Ancestry of “transsexualist”, step by step
transsexualist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transsexual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transsexual | Having changed, or being in the process of... |
| 2 | English | trans- | Across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other... |
| 3 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 4 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 5 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |