English

heterosex

From hetero- + sex.

Formed from hetero- + sex

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros

Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros

Ancient Greek ἕτερος ‘other, another, different’

Latin sexus ‘gender; males or females’

Old French sexe ‘genitals; gender’

Middle English sexe ‘sex, gender’

English sex

The story

Attested since the 20th century.

noun Heterosexual sex.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / heterosex