Etymology

pansexuality

P3A1N1S1E1X8U1A1L1I1T1Y4

Today it means: A sexual orientation characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for people regardless of their gender or sex. Full definition →

English pansexual ← Latin sexuālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
  4. Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
  6. Englishpan-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  9. Proto-Italic*seksus
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  12. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  13. Latinsecō
  14. Latinsecāre?
  15. Latinsexus
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Latinsexuālis
  19. Englishsexual
  20. Englishpansexual
  21. English todaypansexuality

From pansexual + -ity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.