Where does “sexhibition” come from?
sexhibition (English) comes from English exhibition, from Old French exhibicion, from Latin exhibitio, from Latin exhibeō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
sexhibition (English): A sex show; an erotic performance
Definitions
- A sex show; an erotic performance
Ancestry of “sexhibition”, step by step
sexhibition traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exhibition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exhibition | An instance of exhibiting, or something... |
| 2 | Old French | exhibicion | exhibition |
| 3 | Latin | exhibitio | display, exhibition; example; production,... |
| 4 | Latin | exhibeō | to hold forth, present, show, exhibit, display, reveal |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English sex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sex | A category into which sexually-reproducing... |
| 2 | English | sect | An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing... |
| 3 | Middle English | secte | A variety or sort; a category with a... |
| 4 | Old French | secte | a sect in philosophy or religion |
| 5 | Late Latin | secta | a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,... |
| 6 | Latin | sequi | present active infinitive of sequor; follow, come... |
| 7 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |