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Where does “sexualist” come from?

sexualist (English) comes from English sexual, from Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sexualist (English): One who classifies plants by the sexual method of...

Definitions

  1. One who classifies plants by the sexual method of...

Ancestry of “sexualist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsexualArising from the fact of being male or female;...
2Latinsexuālis—
3Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
4Proto-Italicseksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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