Where does “trans” come from?
trans (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese transexual, from Portuguese sexual, from Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
trans (Portuguese): Short for transexual; Short for transgênero
Definitions
- Short for transexual; Short for transgênero
Ancestry of “trans”, step by step