Definition of TRANSGENDERAL

transgenderal

Meanings

Plural: transgenderals

Noun

  • A transgender person.

Adj

  • Of a person, transgender (having gender which is different from one's assigned sex).
  • Of a person, expressing a different gender role.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *trānts
Latin trāns
Latin trans-bor.
English trans-
Latin sexus
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin sexuālisbor.
English sexual
English transsexualblend.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Latin genus
Old French gendrebor.
Middle English gendre
English genderblend.
English transgenderal
Blend of transsexual + gender. Coined by American transgender activist Virginia Prince in 1969 in order to distinguish between transgender people who have undergone medical treatment to change their sex and those who have not (see first quotation).

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