English
insertive
From insert + -ive.
Formed from insert + -ive
Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to bind, put together, to line up’
Proto-Indo-European *séreti
Proto-Italic *serō
Latin serō ‘join, bind together, connect, entwine,…’
Latin insertus ‘inserted, introduced’
English insert
Today it means
adj Of or relating to insertion, especially in regard to sexual acts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / insertive