Where does “heteropaternal” come from?

heteropaternal (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.

heteropaternal (English): Of different fathers

Definitions

  1. Of different fathers

Ancestry of “heteropaternal”, step by step

heteropaternal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hetero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheteroHeterosexual: of, pertaining to, or being a...
2EnglishheterosexualSexually attracted to members of the opposite...
3English-sexualForms a noun or adjective describing a state or...
4EnglishsexualArising from the fact of being male or female;...
5Latinsexuālissexual
6Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
7Proto-Italicseksus
8Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus
9Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via English paternal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaternalOf or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his...
2Old Frenchpaternalpaternal
3Vulgar Latinpaternalispaternal
4LatinpaternusOf or pertaining to a father, paternal, fatherly;...
5Latinpaterfather; head of household; parent
6Proto-Italicpatērfather
7Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂tḗrfather
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-Every word from Proto-Indo-European séksusEvery word from Proto-Italic seksus
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