Where does “washtray” come from?
washtray (English) comes from English tray, from English trans, from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
washtray (English): A tray for holding items while they are washed
Definitions
- A tray for holding items while they are washed
Ancestry of “washtray”, step by step
washtray traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tray
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tray | A small, typically rectangular or round, flat,... |
| 2 | English | trans | In a double bond in which the greater radical on... |
| 3 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 4 | English | gender | kind |
| 5 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 6 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English wash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wash | To clean with water; To move or erode by the... |
| 2 | Middle English | washen | — |
| 3 | Old English | wasċan | to wash |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | waskan | to wash |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | waskaną | to wash |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | watskaną | to wash, get wet |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |