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Where does “sexualitad” come from?

sexualitad (Romansch) comes from Latin sexualitas, 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.

sexualitad (Romansch): sexuality

Definitions

  1. sexuality

Ancestry of “sexualitad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsexualitassexuality
2Latinsexuālis—
3Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
4Proto-Italicseksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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