Where does “interseksa” come from?

interseksa (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto inter, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

interseksa (Esperanto): intersex

Definitions

  1. intersex

Ancestry of “interseksa”, step by step

interseksa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto inter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantointerbetween; among
2Latininterbetween, among; during, while
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

via Esperanto sekso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoseksogender; sex
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Latin inter →