Where does “waste tray” come from?
waste tray (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.
waste tray (English): A tray placed in such a way as to collect waste (garbage) as it is produced
Definitions
- A tray placed in such a way as to collect waste (garbage) as it is produced
Ancestry of “waste tray”, step by step
waste tray 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 |