Etymology

theymab

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Today it means: A non-binary person who was assigned male at birth, often one that does not change their physical appearance. Full definition →

English AMAB ← Middle English birthe ← Old Norse burðr
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*tóy
  2. Proto-Germanic*þai
  3. Proto-Norse*ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ)
  4. Old Norseþeir
  5. Middle Englishþei
  6. Englishthey
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  12. Proto-Italic*segnom
  13. Proto-Italic*segnāō
  14. Latinsignō
  15. Latinassignō
  16. Old Frenchassigner
  17. Middle Englishassignen
  18. Englishassign
  19. Englishassigned
  20. Latinmās
  21. Latinmasculus
  22. Vulgar Latinmasclus
  23. Old Frenchmasle
  24. Middle Englishmale
  25. Englishmale
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  27. Proto-Germanic*at
  28. Old Englishæt
  29. Middle Englishat
  30. Englishat
  31. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  32. Proto-Indo-European*bʰértis
  33. Proto-Germanic*burþiz
  34. Old Norseburðr
  35. Middle Englishbirthe
  36. Englishbirth
  37. EnglishAMAB
  38. English todaytheymab

Blend of they + AMAB (“assigned male at birth”), probably by analogy with earlier theyfab (2016). First uses date to 2019.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.