Where does “heteroternary” come from?
heteroternary (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.
heteroternary (English): Composed of three different things
Definitions
- Composed of three different things
Ancestry of “heteroternary”, step by step
heteroternary 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 ternary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ternary | Made up of three things; treble, triadic, triple,... |
| 2 | Latin | ternarius | Containing or consisting of three things; ternary |
| 3 | Latin | terni | three each; three at a time |
| 4 | Latin | ter | thrice |
| 5 | Latin | terr | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | tris | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |