Where does “heteroeroticism” come from?
heteroeroticism (English) comes from English heteroerotic, from English hetero, from English heterosexual, from English -sexual, from English sexual, from Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus — to cut, cut off, sever.
heteroeroticism (English): The state or quality of being heteroerotic
Definitions
- The state or quality of being heteroerotic
Ancestry of “heteroeroticism”, step by step
heteroeroticism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English heteroerotic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | heteroerotic | Relating to heterosexual desire or attraction |
| 2 | English | hetero | Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a... |
| 3 | English | heterosexual | Sexually attracted to members of the opposite... |
| 4 | English | -sexual | Forms a noun or adjective describing a state or... |
| 5 | English | sexual | Arising from the fact of being male or female;... |
| 6 | Latin | sexuālis | sexual |
| 7 | Latin | sexus | division; sex; gender |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | seksus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | séksus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |