Etymology

het

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Today it means: A heterosexual person. Full definition →

English heterosexualclip. ← Latin sexuālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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het · noun, adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  8. Proto-Italic*seksus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  11. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  12. Latinsecō
  13. Latinsecāre?
  14. Latinsexus
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Latinsexuālis
  18. Englishsexual
  19. Englishheterosexualclip.
  20. English todayhet

Clipping of heterosexual.

het · verb, adjective2

  1. Middle Englishhet
  2. Middle Englishhette
  3. English todayhet

From Middle English hette (simple past), het (past participle), from Old English hǣtte (simple past), (ġe)hǣted (past participle), conjugations of hǣtan (“to heat”); see heat (“to make hot”).

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