desexualize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sexualize English desexualize From de- + sexualize.
Meanings
- (transitive) To divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| desexualizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| desexualized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| desexualized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| desexualizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
desexualizer · desexualization
Translations (3)
sv avsexualisera (to make conceptually asexual) · pt dessexualizar (to make conceptually asexual) · de entsexualisieren (to make conceptually asexual)