Where does “ετεροφυλόφιλος” come from?
ετεροφυλόφιλος (Greek) comes from English heterosexual, from English -sexual, 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.
ετεροφυλόφιλος (Greek): heterosexual, straight attracted to the opposite sex
Definitions
- heterosexual, straight attracted to the opposite sex
Ancestry of “ετεροφυλόφιλος”, step by step
ετεροφυλόφιλος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English heterosexual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | heterosexual | Sexually attracted to members of the opposite... |
| 2 | English | -sexual | Forms a noun or adjective describing a state or... |
| 3 | English | sexual | Arising from the fact of being male or female;... |
| 4 | Latin | sexuālis | sexual |
| 5 | Latin | sexus | division; sex; gender |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | seksus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | séksus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Greek φύλο
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greek | φύλο | sex, gender; tribe |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | φῦλον | a set of people or other beings; sex; nation,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |