AFAB

English

Etymology

Acronym of assigned female at birth

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Latin ad

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-

Proto-Indo-European *-nom

Proto-Italic *seknom

Latin signum

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin signō

Latin assignō

lbor.

Old French assigner

bor.

Middle English assignen

English assign

English assigned

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-

Proto-Indo-European *m̥h₁néh₂

Proto-Italic *fēmanā

Latin fēmina

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -la

Latin fēmella

Old French femele

bor.

Middle English femele

Middle English female

English female

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Germanic *at

Old English æt

Middle English at

English at

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *bʰértis

der.

Proto-Germanic *burþiz

Old Norse burðr

bor.

Middle English birthe

English birth

English AFAB

Pronunciation

• enPR: āʹfăb, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪfæb/

Adjective

AFAB (not comparable)

1. (LGBT) Acronym of assigned female at birth.

   Synonyms: DFAB, FAAB

   Coordinate term: AMAB

   • 2022 June 24, Siri Dahl, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 December 2022:

     Alright, AFAB porn performers: we're all doubling our scene rates for creampie scenes, right?

Noun

AFAB (plural AFABs)

1. (LGBT) An AFAB person.

   Coordinate term: AMAB

   • 2022 September 2, Bucky Fuchs, “I'm a trans grad of Harpeth Hall and glad they reneged on their gender policy”, in The Tennessean‎^[2]:

     They experience deadnaming, alienation, and bullying. And this happens to people Assigned Female at Birth (AFAB) at a school specifically for AFABs. / I don’t mean that trans AFABs have an easier experience than trans AMABs (Assigned Male At Birth).

Translations

Translations

• French: AFAB (fr)

Anagrams

• FAAB