Where does “sexpresso” come from?
sexpresso (English) comes from English espresso, from Italian espresso, from Latin expressus, from Latin exprimere, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — whale, sea monster; abyss.
sexpresso (English): The marketing trend of coffee shops staffed by scantily-clad female baristas
Definitions
- The marketing trend of coffee shops staffed by scantily-clad female baristas
Ancestry of “sexpresso”, step by step
sexpresso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English espresso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | espresso | A concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing... |
| 2 | Italian | espresso | past participle of esprimere; express; Clipping... |
| 3 | Latin | expressus | squeezed |
| 4 | Latin | exprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 6 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 17 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 18 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
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 |