Etymograph

English

genderplay

From gender + play.

A compound of gender + play

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-West Germanic *plegō ‘an exercise’

Proto-West Germanic *plegōn ‘to move; to engage, practice’

Old English plegian ‘to play’

Middle English pleyen ‘to engage in a game or sport’

English play

Today it means

noun Transgression against traditional gender roles.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / genderplay