Where does “relação sexual” come from?
relação sexual (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese relação, from Latin relatio, from Latin relatus, from English relate, from Latin relātus, from Latin referō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
relação sexual (Portuguese): sexual intercourse
Definitions
- sexual intercourse
Ancestry of “relação sexual”, step by step
relação sexual traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese relação
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | relação | relationship; sexual relation; description |
| 2 | Latin | relatio | carrying or bringing back; narration, recital;... |
| 3 | Latin | relatus | narration; driven or carried back; returned,... |
| 4 | English | relate | To tell in a descriptive way; To bring into a... |
| 5 | Latin | relātus | (having been) driven or carried back |
| 6 | Latin | referō | to bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |