Where does “eterosessuale” come from?

eterosessuale (Italian) comes 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.

eterosessuale (Italian): heterosexual

Definitions

  1. heterosexual

Ancestry of “eterosessuale”, step by step

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

Words derived from “eterosessuale”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séksus →Every word from Proto-Italic seksus →