Where does “unisexual” come from?

unisexual (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.

unisexual (English): Of an organism, having characteristics of a...

Definitions

  1. Of an organism, having characteristics of a...

Ancestry of “unisexual”, step by step

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

Words derived from “unisexual”

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