English
homosocial
From homo- + social.
Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’
Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’
Proto-Hellenic *homós
Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’
English homo-
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- ‘to follow’
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Archaic Latin sokios
Latin socius ‘a companion’
Latin sociālis ‘of or belonging to a companion or…’
Middle French social ‘allied’
English social
Today it means
adj Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / homosocial