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Etymology

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From the Latin preposition cis (on this side of). The earliest known sexuality-related use of the prefix in any language was in a 1914 German-language book on sexology.[1] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest use of the prefix in the context of gender in English dates from 1994.[2]

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cis-

  1. (geography) On this side of.
    Antonym: trans-
    cis- + ‎alpine → ‎cisalpine (on this [the Roman] side of the Alps)
    cis- + ‎Rhenane → ‎cisrhenane (on this [the speaker's] side of Rhine)
    cis- + ‎Caucasia → ‎Ciscaucasia
    cis- + ‎Jordan → ‎Cisjordan
    cis- + ‎Neptunian → ‎cis-Neptunian
  2. (physical chemistry) Forming names of chemical compounds in which two atoms or groups are situated on the same side of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound.
    cis- + ‎diazene → ‎cis-diazene
  3. (gender) Being, or pertaining to being, cis (cisgender or cissexual).
    cis- + ‎gender → ‎cisgender
    cis- + ‎sexism → ‎cissexism
    cis- + ‎normativity → ‎cisnormativity

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  • In the first sense, “on this side of”, this prefix is usually attached directly to the word it modifies, or sometimes separated from it by a hyphen: cisrhenane, cis-Neptunian.
  • In the gender-related sense, this prefix is attached directly to certain words, most notably cisgender and cissexual (which are almost always spelled thus, not as e.g. *cis sexual). In other cases, the related standalone adjective cis is used: hence one speaks of a cis perspective (not *cisperspective), etc. Compare trans- and trans.

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  1. ^ Ernst Burchard (1914) Lexikon des gesamten Sexuallebens (in German)
    1914, Ernst Burchard, Lexikon Des Gesamten Sexuallebens[1], Berlin, BV047570799, page 32:
    Cisvestitismus, die Neigung, die Kleidung einer anderen Altersstufe, Volks- oder Berufsklasse des gleichen Geschlechts zum Zwecke sexueller Ent­spannung anzulegen, dem Transvestitismus verwandt (s. Verkleidungstrieb).
    Cisvestism, the tendency to don the clothes of a different age group, ethnic group, or profession of the same sex for the purpose of sexual relaxation, related to transvestism (see disguise instinct).
  2. ^ “New words notes December 2015 – Oxford English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2], 2017 November 7 (last accessed), archived from the original on 29 November 2017

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cis-

  1. cis- (all senses)

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θis/ [θis]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sis/ [sis]
  • Syllabification: cis-

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cis-

  1. cis- (all senses)

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