Where does “hétero top” come from?
hétero top (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese hetero, from Portuguese heterossexual, from Portuguese sexual, from Latin sexuālis, from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
hétero top (Portuguese): a stereotypical young straight man who is hypermasculine and often sexist
Definitions
- a stereotypical young straight man who is hypermasculine and often sexist
Ancestry of “hétero top”, step by step
hétero top traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese hetero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | hetero | Misspelling of hétero |
| 2 | Portuguese | heterossexual | heterosexual; a heterosexual person |
| 3 | Portuguese | sexual | sexual |
| 4 | Latin | sexuālis | sexual |
| 5 | Latin | sexus | division; sex; gender |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | seksus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | séksus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Portuguese top
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | top | top; excellent; very high-quality; top |
| 2 | English | top | The highest or uppermost part of something; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | top | The summit or top of something, especially a... |
| 4 | Old English | topp | top, summit (of something) |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *topp | top, summit, crest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tuppaz | tuft, plait; top, summit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dumb- | tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,... |