Etymology

sexuality

sex·u·al·i·ty
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Today it means: The quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex. Full definition →

New Latin sexuālitā ← Latin sexuālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  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. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Latinsexuālis
  13. New Latinsexuālitā
  14. English todaysexuality

Learned borrowing from New Latin sexuālitās. By surface analysis, sexual + -ity.

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