Where does “transgenre” come from?
transgenre (French) comes from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
transgenre (French): transgender
Definitions
- transgender
Ancestry of “transgenre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transgender | Having a gender which is different from the sex... |
| 2 | English | gender | kind |
| 3 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 4 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 5 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |