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noun
A non-binary person who was assigned male at birth, often one that does not change their physical appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, offensive
Qualifier: LGBTQ slang
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tóy Proto-Germanic *þai Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ) Old Norse þeirbor. Middle English þei English they Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *seknāō Latin signō Latin assignōlbor. Old French assignerbor. Middle English assignen English assign English assigned Latin mās Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male 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 *bhértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth English AMAB English theymab Blend of they + AMAB (“assigned male at birth”), probably by analogy with earlier theyfab (2016). First uses date to 2019.
