Etymology

homosocial

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Today it means: Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex. Full definition →

English social ← Middle French socia ← Latin sociāli
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*homós
  4. Ancient Greekὁμός (homós)
  5. Germanhomo-
  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. Germansexual
  19. Germanhomosexua
  20. Englishhomosexualbf.
  21. Englishhomo-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  24. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  25. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  26. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  27. Latinsokios
  28. Latinsocius
  29. Latinsociāli
  30. Middle Frenchsocia
  31. Englishsocial
  32. English todayhomosocial

From homo- + social.

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