Etymology

transness

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Today it means: The condition or quality of being transgender or transsexual. Full definition →

English trans ← Latin sexuālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  11. Proto-Italic*genos
  12. Latingenus
  13. Old Frenchgendre
  14. Middle Englishgendre
  15. Englishgender
  16. Englishtransgenderclip.
  17. Englishtrans-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  20. Proto-Italic*seksus
  21. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  23. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  24. Latinsecō
  25. Latinsecāre?
  26. Latinsexus
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  28. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  29. Latinsexuālis
  30. Englishsexual
  31. Englishtranssexualclip.
  32. Englishtrans
  33. English todaytransness

From trans + -ness.

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