Where does “sexualbrott” come from?

sexualbrott (Swedish) comes from Swedish sexual-, 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.

sexualbrott (Swedish): sex crime

Definitions

  1. sex crime

Ancestry of “sexualbrott”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsexual-sexual
2Latinsexuālissexual
3Latinsexusdivision; sex; gender
4Proto-Italicseksus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanséksus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séksus →Every word from Proto-Italic seksus →
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