Etymology

travesti

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Today it means: A member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing man, a third gender or a trans woman. Full definition →

Spanish travesti ← Portuguese travesti ← French travesti
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  1. French · derived fromtravesti
  2. Portuguese · borrowed fromtravesti
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromtravesti
  4. English todaytravesti

Borrowed from Spanish travesti and Portuguese travesti, themselves both from French travesti. Doublet of travesty.

Words from the same roots

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