Etymology

neutrois

neu·trois
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Today it means: Chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced physical sexual characteristics; contrasts with agender. Full definition →

First used 1995French neu(tre) ← Latin neu(ter)
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The story

  1. French · derived fromtrois“three”
  2. Latin · derived fromneu(ter)“neuter”
  3. French · derived fromneu(tre)“neuter”
  4. English todayneutrois

Apparently a blend of French neu(tre) (“neuter”, adjective) or its etymon Latin neu(ter) (“neuter”, adjective) + French trois (“three”) (referring to the third gender), coined by Holly A. Burnham in 1995 as a self-description.

Words from the same roots

Frenchtrois all →

trois point

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1995 Chiefly of a person: having a neutral gender (being neither male nor female), and having or seeking to have no or reduced physical sexual characteristics; contrasts with agender.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.