Etymology

contrasexual

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Today it means: Of part of the psyche, having characteristics of the opposite gender. Full definition →

English sexual ← Latin contrā ← Proto-Italic *komterād
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Englishcontra-
  9. Englishsexual
  10. English todaycontrasexual

From contra- + sexual.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.