Where does “psychosexological” come from?

psychosexological (English) comes from English sexological, from English sexology, from English sex, from English sect, from Middle English secte, from Old French secte, from Late Latin secta, from Latin sequi — to follow; to see; to say.

psychosexological (English): psychological and sexological

Definitions

  1. psychological and sexological

Ancestry of “psychosexological”, step by step

psychosexological traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sexological

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsexologicalOf or relating to sexology
2EnglishsexologyThe study of sex and sexuality, usually from a...
3EnglishsexA category into which sexually-reproducing...
4EnglishsectAn offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing...
5Middle EnglishsecteA variety or sort; a category with a...
6Old Frenchsectea sect in philosophy or religion
7Late Latinsectaa sect in philosophy or religion, a school,...
8Latinsequipresent active infinitive of sequor; follow, come...
9LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
10Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
11Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
12Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via English psycho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsychoPsychotic, or otherwise insane; A person who is...
2EnglishpsychologyThe study of the human mind; The study of human...
3Frenchpsychologiepsychology
4Latinpsychologia
5Latin-logia-logy; the study of
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetorEvery word from Proto-Italic sekʷōr