Etymology

sexo

sex·o
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Today it means: A sexual offender. Full definition →

English oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  3. Proto-Italic*seksus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  6. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  7. Latinsecō
  8. Latinsecāre?
  9. Latinsexus
  10. Old Frenchsexe
  11. Middle Englishsexe
  12. Englishsex
  13. Latinō
  14. Old Frenchoh
  15. Middle Englisho
  16. EnglishO
  17. Middle Englisho
  18. Englishoh
  19. English todaysexo

From sex + -o.

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