2006-06-20 22:40:45 · 5 answers · asked by hims 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
sex (n.)
1382, "males or females collectively," from L. sexus "state of being either male or female, gender." "Commonly taken with seco as division or 'half' of the race" [Tucker], which would connect it to secare "to divide or cut" (see section). Meaning "quality of being male or female" first recorded 1526. Meaning "sexual intercourse" first attested 1929 (in writings of D.H. Lawrence); meaning "genitalia" is attested from 1938. Sexy first recorded 1925 (as an Eng. word in Fr.), originally "engrossed in sex;" sense of "sexually attractive" is 1932. Sex appeal first recorded 1924; sex drive is from 1918; sex object and sex symbol both first attested 1911, the former in ref. to Jesus. Sexpot is from 1954. Sexpert "sex therapist" is from 1924. Sexploitation is attested from 1942.
2006-06-20 22:43:03 · answer #1 · answered by Bog woppit. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sex, of course, can mean many things, but the etymology of this top search term is elusive. The word sex first appeared in English in the 14th century, adopted from Old French sexe, in turn from Latin sexus, a derivative of the verb secare 'to cut'. The relation of sex to cut is that the human race is "cut" or separated into two genders.
2006-06-21 05:43:30 · answer #2 · answered by jonatne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's from the middle English word derived from the Latin "sexus"
2006-06-21 05:43:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to stick peeny in jiny
2006-06-21 05:43:48 · answer #4 · answered by navymt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get off your parents computer
2006-06-21 05:44:01 · answer #5 · answered by zeus_daughter2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋