Where does “travesti” come from?
travesti (English) comes from Portuguese travesti, from French travesti, from Italian travestire, from Italian vestire, from Latin vestīre, from Latin vestiō, from Latin vestis, from Latin līnea — flax.
travesti (English): A member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing man, a third gender or a trans woman
Definitions
- A member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing man, a third gender or a trans woman
Ancestry of “travesti”, step by step
travesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese travesti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | travesti | transvestite; cross-dresser |
| 2 | French | travesti | transvestite; past participle of travestir |
| 3 | Italian | travestire | to disguise; to dress up |
| 4 | Italian | vestire | to dress; to clothe; to make somebody's clothes |
| 5 | Latin | vestīre | — |
| 6 | Latin | vestiō | to clothe, dress |
| 7 | Latin | vestis | garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture;... |
| 8 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 9 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Spanish travesti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | travesti | transvestite, cross-dresser |