Where does “سکسولوژی” come from?
سکسولوژی (Persian) comes from French sexologie, from French sexe, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
سکسولوژی (Persian): sexology
Ancestry of “سکسولوژی”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | sexologie | sexology |
| 2 | French | sexe | gender; sex; sex organ |
| 3 | Latin | sexus | division; sex; gender |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | seksus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | séksus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |