Etymology

sapiosexuality

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Today it means: The state of being sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind. Full definition →

Latin sapiens
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsapiens“wise, judicious”
  2. English todaysapiosexuality

From Latin sapiens (“wise, judicious”) + sexuality or sapiosexual + -ity. Purportedly coined in 1998.

Words from the same roots

Latinsapiens all →

sapienssapiophilesapioromanticsapiosexual

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.