Where does “aseksuāls” come from?

aseksuāls (Latvian) comes from Latvian seksuāls, from Latvian sekss, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

aseksuāls (Latvian): asexual, non-sexual

Definitions

  1. asexual, non-sexual

Ancestry of “aseksuāls”, step by step

aseksuāls traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian seksuāls

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

via Latvian A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatvianA—

Words derived from “aseksuāls”

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