Where does “seksiterapeutti” come from?

seksiterapeutti (Finnish) comes from Finnish terapeutti, from Ancient Greek θεραπευτής, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

seksiterapeutti (Finnish): sex therapist

Definitions

  1. sex therapist

Ancestry of “seksiterapeutti”, step by step

seksiterapeutti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish terapeutti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishterapeuttitherapist
2Ancient GreekθεραπευτήςOne who waits upon another; attendant
3Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
4Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
5Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Finnish seksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseksisex; sexuality
2Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
3Proto-Italicseksus
4Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Ancient Greek -τής