cis-
See also: cis, Cis, CIS, cís, cìs, -cis, and çiş
English
Etymology
From the English preposition cis (“on this side of”). The earliest known gender-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]
Prefix
cis-
- (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
- (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
- (gender) Cis; cisgender or cissexual.
- cis- + man → cisman
- cis- + woman → ciswoman
- cis- + male → cismale
- cis- + female → cisfemale
- (gender) Of, related to, or specific to cis persons.
- cis- + gender → cisgender
- cis- + sexism → cissexism
- cis- + normativity → cisnormativity
Usage notes
- 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 senses, 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.
Antonyms
- trans-
- ultra-
Derived terms
► <a href='/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_cis-' title='Category:English words prefixed with cis-'>English words prefixed with cis-</a>
- (cisgender, cissexual): cisman, ciswoman, cismale, cisfemale
Translations
on this side of
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See also
- cis
Further reading
References
- Ernst Burchard (1914) Lexikon des gesamten Sexuallebens (in German)
- New words notes December 2015 – Oxford English Dictionary
Anagrams
- -ics, CSI, ICS, ICs, I²Cs, SCI, SIC, Sci., sci, sci., sic
Italian
Prefix
cis-
- cis- (all senses)
Derived terms
► <a href='/wiki/Category:Italian_words_prefixed_with_cis-' title='Category:Italian words prefixed with cis-'>Italian words prefixed with cis-</a>