Where does “hermaphroditism” come from?
hermaphroditism (English) comes from English hermaphrodite, from English Hermaphroditus, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
hermaphroditism (English): The state of having sexual organs of both the...
Definitions
- The state of having sexual organs of both the...
Ancestry of “hermaphroditism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hermaphrodite | An individual or organism possessing ambiguous... |
| 2 | English | Hermaphroditus | The son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged bodies with a naiad |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἑρμαφρόδιτος | Hermaphroditus |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |