Where does “monosessuale” come from?

monosessuale (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.

monosessuale (Italian): single-sex

Definitions

  1. single-sex

Ancestry of “monosessuale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansessualesexual, sex
2Latinsexuālissexual
3Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
4Proto-Italicseksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séksus →Every word from Proto-Italic seksus →