Where does “הטרוסקסואליות” come from?
הטרוסקסואליות (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew הטרוסקסואלי, from English heterosexual, from English -sexual, from English sexual, from Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus — to cut, cut off, sever.
הטרוסקסואליות (Hebrew): heterosexuality
Definitions
- heterosexuality
Ancestry of “הטרוסקסואליות”, step by step
הטרוסקסואליות traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hebrew הטרוסקסואלי
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hebrew | הטרוסקסואלי | Heterosexual, straight, opposite-sex, male-female |
| 2 | English | heterosexual | Sexually attracted to members of the opposite... |
| 3 | English | -sexual | Forms a noun or adjective describing a state or... |
| 4 | English | sexual | Arising from the fact of being male or female;... |
| 5 | Latin | sexuālis | sexual |
| 6 | Latin | sexus | division; sex; gender |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | seksus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | séksus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |