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- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
- Proto-Italic*trāns
- Proto-Italic*trāns-
- Latintrans-
- Englishtrans-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Italic*genos
- Latingenus
- Old Frenchgendre
- Middle Englishgendre
- Englishgender
- Englishtransgender
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéǵʰōm
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰmṓ
- Proto-Germanic*gumô
- Proto-West Germanic*gumō
- Old Englishguma
- Middle Englishgone?
- Englishgooney
- Englishgoon
- English todaytroon
Coined as a blend of tr(ansgender) + (g)oon (“member of Something Awful”) on Something Awful, and later popularized by Kiwi Farms and 4chan. First attested in 2010.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.