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- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Hellenic*homós
- Ancient Greekὁμός (homós)
- Germanhomo-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
- Proto-Italic*seksus
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-
- Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*sekaō
- Latinsecō
- Latinsecāre?
- Latinsexus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsexuālis
- Germansexual
- Germanhomosexua
- Englishhomosexualbf.
- Englishhomo-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
- Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
- English todayhomophobic
From homo- (“homosexual”) + -phobic.
First known use, by meaning
- from 2021 Having different colored eyes. Deliberate misspelling of heterochromic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.