cis-

The story

1. Latin · derived fromcis
2. Latin · derived fromcis
3. English todaycis-

From the Latin preposition cis (“on this side of”). The earliest known use of the prefix relating to sexuality in any language was in a German-language book on sexology published in 1914. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest use of the prefix in the context of gender in English dates from 1994.

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