Etymology

bisexous

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Today it means: Bisexual, hermaphroditic (having both male and female parts or functions). Full definition →

Latin bis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombis“twice”
  2. English todaybisexous

From Latin bis (“twice”) + sexus (“sex”). Compare French bissexe.

Words from the same roots

Latinbis all →

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