Where does “transexual” come from?

transexual (Galician) comes from Galician 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.

transexual (Galician): transsexual

Definitions

  1. transsexual

Ancestry of “transexual”, step by step

transexual traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician sexual

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

via Galician sexualidade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciansexualidadesexuality
2Ancient Greeksexuālitās
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-Every word from Proto-Indo-European séksusEvery word from Proto-Italic seksus
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