transdom en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɹænz.dəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtɹænz.dəm/ (General-American)
- /ˈtɹɑːnz-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgenderclip. ▲ English trans- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English transsexualclip. English trans Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English transdom From trans + -dom (“group”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being transgender.
After seven nice years of “former transdom” I got my first serious warning that T might well be right.
2010, Erica Zander, “My Husband Had a Sex Change–Shit Happens”, in Katrina Fox, Tracie O'Keefe, editors, Trans People in Love, page 190:Eventually a generous donor stepped forward and underwrote my work, as I struggled to right what I considered to be the mothership of transdom.
2005 Fall, Dallas Denny, quoting Nancy Reynolds Nangeroni, “An Interview With Nancy and Gordene”, in Transgender Tapestry, page 34: