Etymology

shmexy

S1H4M3E1X8Y4

Today it means: Sexy. Full definition →

English sexy ← Middle English sexe ← Old French sexe
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The story

  1. Englishshm-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*séks-u-s
  4. Proto-Italic*seksus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sékh₁yeti
  7. Proto-Italic*sekaō
  8. Latinsecō
  9. Latinsecāre?
  10. Latinsexus
  11. Old Frenchsexe
  12. Middle Englishsexe
  13. Englishsex
  14. Englishsexy
  15. English todayshmexy

From shm- + sexy.

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