Where does “seksafera” come from?
seksafera (Polish) comes from Polish afera, from German Affäre, from French affaire, from Old French afaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
seksafera (Polish): sex scandal
Definitions
- sex scandal
Ancestry of “seksafera”, step by step
seksafera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish afera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | afera | scandal, affair; stir, upheaval |
| 2 | German | Affäre | affair, business; affair, fling |
| 3 | French | affaire | affair, business; deal; belonging |
| 4 | Old French | afaire | character; disposition; situation; event;... |
| 5 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Polish seks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | seks | sex |
| 2 | English | sex | A category into which sexually-reproducing... |
| 3 | English | sect | An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing... |
| 4 | Middle English | secte | A variety or sort; a category with a... |
| 5 | Old French | secte | a sect in philosophy or religion |
| 6 | Late Latin | secta | a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,... |
| 7 | Latin | sequi | present active infinitive of sequor; follow, come... |
| 8 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |