Where does “sexualidad” come from?

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

sexualidad (Spanish): sexuality

Definitions

  1. sexuality

Ancestry of “sexualidad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsexualsexual pertaining to the sex of an organism
2Late Latinsexualissexual
3Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
4Proto-Italicseksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “sexualidad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →