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Where does “sexo” come from?

sexo (Spanish) comes from Latin sexus, from Proto-Italic seksus, from Proto-Indo-European séksus, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sexo (Spanish): gender; sex; sex organ

Definitions

  1. gender; sex; sex organ

Ancestry of “sexo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sexo”

  • sexismo
  • heterosexismo
  • sexopatía
  • sexópata
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →