Nin10dope said:
I never knew that O:
I had always wondered where it came from

technically the latin words ''trans'' and ''cis'' (meaning across/beyond and on/near respectively) were already kind of pseudo-antonymous to begin with. they both more used in refrence to geography to start, though.

the earliest useage of "cis" in reference to sex/gender in a published work was in Germany, way back near the start of WW1 (1914). the same usage didn't enter english until 80 years later, though.

dba_afish said:
technically the latin words ''trans'' and ''cis'' (meaning across/beyond and on/near respectively) were already kind of pseudo-antonymous to begin with. they both more used in refrence to geography to start, though.

the earliest useage of "cis" in reference to sex/gender in a published work was in Germany, way back near the start of WW1 (1914). the same usage didn't enter english until 80 years later, though.

Yeah I should specify that I was referring to the bit about it being an antonym. Sorry about that