Where does “sexualitet” come from?

sexualitet (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.

sexualitet (Swedish): sexuality

Definitions

  1. sexuality

Ancestry of “sexualitet”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sexualitet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →