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transsexual

The origin and history of transsexual.

Etymology

Coined in English in 1949 by physician David Oliver Cauldwell, adapting the German term Transsexualismus coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1923.

Origin: German · First attested 1949

Class of 1949

transsexual first entered the language around 1949. Other words from the same year:

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