Etymology

boyremove

boy·re·move
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Today it means: To remove the male socialization of a trans woman ("boymoder") by means of domination over her during sexual intercourse. Full definition →

English remove ← Middle English removen ← Anglo-Norman remover
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  4. Old English*bōia
  5. Middle Englishboye
  6. Englishboy
  7. Proto-Italic*wre-
  8. Latinre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  11. Proto-Italic*moweō
  12. Latinmoveō
  13. Latinremoveō
  14. Old Frenchremovoir
  15. Anglo-Normanremover
  16. Middle Englishremoven
  17. Englishremove
  18. English todayboyremove

From boy + remove.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.