Where does “sexuality” come from?
Sexuality derives from English sexual, Latin sexualis, and Latin -itas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sek- meaning to cut or divide.
sexuality (English): The quality of being sexual; that which is...
Definitions
- The quality of being sexual; that which is...
Ancestry of “sexuality”, step by step
sexuality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sexual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sexual | Arising from the fact of being male or female;... |
| 2 | Latin | sexuālis | sexual |
| 3 | Latin | sexus | division; sex; gender |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | seksus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | séksus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Ancient Greek sexuālitās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | sexuālitās | — |
Words derived from “sexuality”
- intersexuality
- hypersexuality
- transsexuality
- asexuality
- psychosexuality
- sociosexuality
- hyposexuality
- antisexuality
- polysexuality
- cybersexuality
- autosexuality
- nonsexuality
- parasexuality
- supersexuality
- pedosexuality
- orthosexuality
- ecosexuality
- cissexuality
- technosexuality
- flexisexuality
- pseudosexuality
- unsexuality
- gerontosexuality
- ephebosexuality