Where does “transperson” come from?

transperson (Swedish) comes from Swedish Person, from Swedish per, from Latin Petrus, from Indonesian penembak, from Indonesian tembak, from Malay tembak, from Malay timbak, from Proto-Malayic timbak.

transperson (Swedish): transgender person, trans person

Definitions

  1. transgender person, trans person

Ancestry of “transperson”, step by step

transperson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish Person

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishPersona person, in the plural, in tone people
2SwedishperFor each; for every
3LatinPetrusPeter
4Indonesianpenembakshooter
5Indonesiantembakto shoot to fire a shot
6Malaytembakto shoot
7MalaytimbakObsolete form of tembak
8Proto-Malayictimbak
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianti(m)bak

via Swedish trans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtranstrance
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ti(m)bakEvery word from Proto-Malayic timbakEvery word from Malay timbak