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Where does “eterometabolo” come from?

eterometabolo (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.

eterometabolo (Italian): heterometabolic

Definitions

  1. heterometabolic

Ancestry of “eterometabolo”, step by step

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