Where does “sexradiate” come from?
sexradiate (English) comes from English radiate, from French radial, from German radial, from Italian radiale, from Spanish radial, from Spanish radio, from French radium, from French radioactif — deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;...
sexradiate (English): Having six rays
Definitions
- Having six rays
Ancestry of “sexradiate”, step by step
sexradiate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English radiate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radiate | To extend, send or spread out from a center like... |
| 2 | French | radial | radial |
| 3 | German | radial | radial; radially |
| 4 | Italian | radiale | radial; radial, radial tire; radial, radius bone |
| 5 | Spanish | radial | radial; of or pertaining to radio; radian |
| 6 | Spanish | radio | radio; radius; radium |
| 7 | French | radium | radium |
| 8 | French | radioactif | radioactive |
| 9 | French | actif | active; asset; top |
| 10 | Old French | actif | active |
| 11 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
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 |