English
gender-inclusive
From gender + inclusive.
Formed from gender + inclusive
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce, beget’
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Proto-Italic *genos
Latin genus ‘birth, origin; kind, type’
Old French gendre ‘type, kind’
Middle English gendre ‘type’
English gender
Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘to close something’
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Latin inclūdō ‘to shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison,…’
Latin inclūsus ‘confined, enclosed’
Medieval Latin inclūsīvus
Middle French inclusif
English inclusive
Today it means
adj Pertaining to or applicable to all genders; not restricted by gender; gender-neutral.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gender-inclusive