Where does “sexualité” come from?

sexualité (French) comes from Latin sexualitas, 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.

sexualité (French): sexuality

Definitions

  1. sexuality

Ancestry of “sexualité”, step by step

sexualité traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sexualitas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsexualitassexuality
2Latinsexuālissexual
3Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
4Proto-Italicseksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via French sexuel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsexuelsexual

Words derived from “sexualité”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séksus →Every word from Proto-Italic seksus →