{"era":"current","word":"travesti","meaning":"A person, especially a male, who dresses in clothes of the opposite sex; a transvestite.","children":[{"era":"1700s","word":"travesti","meaning":"disguised, cross-dressed","children":[{"era":"1300s","word":"travestir","meaning":"to disguise, to dress up","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"trans- + vestire","meaning":"across + to dress","children":[],"language":"Latin"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"French"}],"language":"Modern English"}