Where does “eşcinsellik” come from?
eşcinsellik (Turkish) comes from Turkish eşcinsel, from Turkish cinsel, from Turkish cins, from Russian джи́нсы, from English Jeans, from English jean fustian, from Middle English fustian, from Old French fustaine.
eşcinsellik (Turkish): homosexuality
Definitions
- homosexuality
Ancestry of “eşcinsellik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | eşcinsel | homosexual |
| 2 | Turkish | cinsel | sexual; carnal |
| 3 | Turkish | cins | sort; sex, gender; genus |
| 4 | Russian | джи́нсы | jeans |
| 5 | English | Jeans | plural of Jean |
| 6 | English | jean fustian | — |
| 7 | Middle English | fustian | strong cotton fabric |
| 8 | Old French | fustaine | A cotton fabric ancestral to modern fustian |
| 9 | Medieval Latin | fustaneum | — |
| 10 | Latin | fustis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |