Where does “transvestite” come from?

Transvestite derives from Latin trans, combined with vestis (clothing), ultimately tracing through Proto-Indo-European terh₂- meaning to cross or go beyond.

transvestite (English): A person who sometimes wears clothes...

Definitions

A person who sometimes wears clothes...

Ancestry of “transvestite”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	vestītus	—
2	Latin	vestiō	—
3	Latin	vestis	garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;...
4	Latin	līnea	—
5	Latin	līnum	—
6	Proto-Italic	līnom	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	līnom	flax

Words derived from “transvestite”

transvestism
transvestitism

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →

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