Where does “heteroflexibility” come from?
heteroflexibility (English) comes from English hetero, from English heterosexual, from English -sexual, from English sexual, from Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus — to cut, cut off, sever.
heteroflexibility (English): The state of being heteroflexible
Definitions
- The state of being heteroflexible
Ancestry of “heteroflexibility”, step by step
heteroflexibility traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hetero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hetero | Heterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a... |
| 2 | English | heterosexual | Sexually attracted to members of the opposite... |
| 3 | English | -sexual | Forms a noun or adjective describing a state or... |
| 4 | English | sexual | Arising from the fact of being male or female;... |
| 5 | Latin | sexuālis | sexual |
| 6 | Latin | sexus | division; sex; gender |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | seksus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | séksus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via English flexibility
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flexibility | The quality of being flexible; suppleness;... |
| 2 | French | flexibilité | flexibility; flexibleness |
| 3 | Latin | flexibilitās | flexibility |
| 4 | Latin | flexibilis | flexible, pliant, able to be bent; tractable,... |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |