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Where does “homoseksuāliste” come from?

homoseksuāliste (Latvian) comes from Latvian homoseksuālists, from Latvian homoseksuāls, from Latvian homo-, from Ancient Greek ὁμός, from Ancient Greek φύλον, from Ancient Greek φιλία, from Ancient Greek Ἁρμονία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

homoseksuāliste (Latvian): a homosexual woman, a lesbian

Definitions

  1. a homosexual woman, a lesbian

Ancestry of “homoseksuāliste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianhomoseksuālistsa homosexual man
2Latvianhomoseksuālshomosexual
3Latvianhomo-homo-
4Ancient Greekὁμόςsame, common, joint
5Ancient Greekφύλον—
6Ancient Greekφιλίαfriendship, love, affection, fondness;...
7Ancient GreekἉρμονία—
8Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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