Etymology

transphobia

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Today it means: Hatred or fear of, or prejudice against, transgender and transsexual people or transness in general, which may manifest in prejudice against people who do not conform to social gender roles (gender-nonconforming people) in general. Full definition →

English trans ← Latin trān ← Proto-Italic *trāns
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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*bʰógʷos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
  11. Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
  12. Proto-Italic*trāns
  13. Latintrān
  14. Englishtrans
  15. English todaytransphobia

From trans- + -phobia or trans + -phobia.

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