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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

Definitions

  1. sexology

Ancestry of “سکسولوژی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsexologiesexology
2Frenchsexegender; sex; sex organ
3Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
4Proto-Italicseksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →