Where does “transwestite” come from?
transwestite (English) comes from English transvestite, from Latin vestītus, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
transwestite (English): A person who is not a cowboy but dresses in...
Definitions
- A person who is not a cowboy but dresses in...
Ancestry of “transwestite”, step by step
transwestite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English transvestite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transvestite | A person who sometimes wears clothes... |
| 2 | Latin | vestītus | clothed, clad, dressed, having been clothed |
| 3 | Latin | vestiō | to clothe, dress |
| 4 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 5 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 6 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via English West
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | West | Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie |
| 2 | Middle English | west | west; A location to the south; the south; The... |
| 3 | Old English | west | west |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | western, westernly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |