Etymology

sapiosexual

sa·pi·o·sex·ual
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Today it means: Sexually attracted to intellectual or mental qualities over appearance. Full definition →

Latin sapiens
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsapiens
  2. English todaysapiosexual

From Latin sapiens + -o- + -sexual. Coined by Darren Stalder in 1998 to describe his own sexuality.

Words from the same roots

Latinsapiens all →

sapienssapiophilesapioromanticsapiosexuality

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.