Etymology

genderfluid

gen·der·flu·id
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Today it means: Not having a fixed gender; having a gender which changes from time to time. Full definition →

English fluid ← Middle English fluid ← Latin fluidus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  3. Proto-Italic*genos
  4. Latingenus
  5. Old Frenchgendre
  6. Middle Englishgendre
  7. Englishgender
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  11. Latinfluō
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. Latinfluidus
  14. Middle Englishfluid
  15. Englishfluid
  16. English todaygenderfluid

From gender + fluid.

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