Where does “eterocentrismo” come from?

eterocentrismo (Italian) comes from Italian etero, from Italian eterosessuale, from Italian sessuale, 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.

eterocentrismo (Italian): heterocentrism

Definitions

  1. heterocentrism

Ancestry of “eterocentrismo”, step by step

eterocentrismo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian etero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianeteroheterosexual; companion, partner
2Italianeterosessualeheterosexual
3Italiansessualesexual, sex
4Latinsexuālissexual
5Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
6Proto-Italicseksus—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Italian centrismo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancentrismocentrism
2Italian-ismo-ism
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séksus →Every word from Proto-Italic seksus →