Etymology

sexuoerotic

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Today it means: Pertaining to sex and erotic arousal. Full definition →

English erotic ← French érotique ← Latin erōticu
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The story

  1. Englishsexuo-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rém-e-tider.?
  4. Ancient Greekἐράω (eráō)
  5. Ancient Greekἔρως (érōs)
  6. Ancient Greekἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
  7. Latinerōticu
  8. Frenchérotique
  9. Englisherotic
  10. English todaysexuoerotic

From sexuo- + erotic.

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