Where does “eşcinsel” come from?
eşcinsel (Turkish) comes from Turkish cinsel, from Turkish cins, from Russian джи́нсы, from English Jeans, from English jean fustian, from Middle English fustian, from Old French fustaine, from Medieval Latin fustaneum.
eşcinsel (Turkish): homosexual
Definitions
- homosexual
Ancestry of “eşcinsel”, step by step
eşcinsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish cinsel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | cinsel | sexual; carnal |
| 2 | Turkish | cins | sort; sex, gender; genus |
| 3 | Russian | джи́нсы | jeans |
| 4 | English | Jeans | plural of Jean |
| 5 | English | jean fustian | — |
| 6 | Middle English | fustian | strong cotton fabric |
| 7 | Old French | fustaine | A cotton fabric ancestral to modern fustian |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | fustaneum | — |
| 9 | Latin | fustis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |