cis-
prefix/sɪs-/
Etymology From the Latin preposition cis (“on this side of”). The earliest known use of the prefix relating to sexuality in any language was in a German-language book on sexology published in 1914. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest use of the prefix in the context of gender in English dates from 1994.
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Geography, Natural sciences Morpheme On this side of.
- cis- + alpine → cisalpine (literally “on this side of the Alps”)
- cis- + Caucasia → Ciscaucasia
3 more examples
- cis- + Jordan → Cisjordan
- cis- + Neptunian → cis-Neptunian
- cis- + Rhenane → cisrhenane (literally “on this side of Rhine”)
2
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Morpheme, Physical Forms 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
Morpheme Not trans.
- cis- + gender → cisgender
- cis- + sexual → cissexual
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Broadly, Morpheme Being, or pertaining to being, cis.
- cis- + normativity → cisnormativity
- cis- + sexism → cissexism
- Derived terms
- cisman, ciswoman, cismale, cisfemale
- Related terms
- cis