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
- transgender person, trans person
Ancestry of “transperson”, step by step
transperson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish Person
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | Person | a person, in the plural, in tone people |
| 2 | Swedish | per | For each; for every |
| 3 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 4 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 5 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 6 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 7 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via Swedish trans
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | trans | trance |