English
gender-neutral
Compound of gender + neutral.
A compound of gender + neutral
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 *kʷ- ‘the primary interrogative root’
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Latin uter ‘which, who (of two)?’
Latin neuter ‘neither’
Latin neutrālis
Middle French neutral
English neutral
Today it means
adj Used by or intended for people of any gender; not restricted to (only one) gender; available to all genders.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gender-neutral