Where does “sexnovell” come from?
sexnovell (Swedish) comes from Swedish sex, from English sex, from English sect, from Middle English secte, from Old French secte, from Late Latin secta, from Latin sequi, from Latin sequor — to follow; to see; to say.
sexnovell (Swedish): a pornographic short story
Definitions
- a pornographic short story
Ancestry of “sexnovell”, step by step
sexnovell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish sex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sex | six; sex |
| 2 | English | sex | A category into which sexually-reproducing... |
| 3 | English | sect | An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing... |
| 4 | Middle English | secte | A variety or sort; a category with a... |
| 5 | Old French | secte | a sect in philosophy or religion |
| 6 | Late Latin | secta | a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,... |
| 7 | Latin | sequi | present active infinitive of sequor; follow, come... |
| 8 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via Swedish novell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | novell | short story, a work of fiction which is shorter... |
| 2 | Latin | novellus | new, young, fresh; novel, newly made |
| 3 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |