Etymology of the English word sex
the English word
sexderived from the Latin word
sexus (sex)
Date
The earliest known usage of sex in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
unisex,
sexism,
desex,
sexed,
sexless,
sexy,
sexpot,
sexology,
autosexing,
sexploitation,
sex-shopDerivations in other languages
Italian
unisexCognates
Dutch
zes, Dutch
seks, English
six, French
sexe, French
six, German
sechs, German
Sex, Icelandic
sex, Italian
sesso, Italian
sei, Latin
sex, Latin
sexus, Lithuanian
šeši, Norwegian
sex, Polish
szes, Portuguese
seis, Provençal
seis, Russian
шесть, Spanish
seis, Spanish
sexo, Swedish
sex, Yiddish
zeks
