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• fizgigtiznalkie@lemmynsfw.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The prefixes “cis” and “trans” are from Latin: “this side of” and “the other side of”, they are opposites and have been used in chemistry for decades.

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  • deadgirlwalking@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s makes now

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• notnotmike@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because they are word roots. “trans-” means on the other side of something like “transatlantic” while “cis-” means on the same side like cisatlantic.

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• dhork@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s been used for centuries, just not necessarily for orientation. It comes from Latin, just like “trans” does.

  mcgill.ca/…/word-cisgender-has-scientific-roots

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• DmMacniel@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why just limit your question to cis woman when there are also cis man?

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  • deadgirlwalking@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because I’m a woman I don’t know how men feel about it

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• TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cis is a Latin prefix that is the opposite of the Latin prefix trans, so it makes sense to use it for people who identify as their gender assigned at birth.

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• NounsAndWords@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Probably somewhere around the time they realized referring to themselves as “actual women” was not a particularly inclusive, or kind, look.

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• blunderworld@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Somehow I don’t think the shadow council of women is entirely responsible for this term.

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