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Where does “TS” come from?

TS (Japanese) comes from English transsexual, from English trans-, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

TS (Japanese): genderswap; genderbend; sex change; to undergo a...

Definitions

  1. genderswap; genderbend; sex change; to undergo a...

Ancestry of “TS”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtranssexualHaving changed, or being in the process of...
2Englishtrans-Across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other...
3Latintrāns—
4LatinPadus—
5LeponticBodincus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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