Etymograph

English

trisexual

From tri- + sexual.

A compound of tri- + sexual

Proto-Indo-European *tri- ‘three, threefold’

Proto-Italic *tri- ‘three, tri-’

English tri-

Latin sexus ‘division; sex’

Latin sexuālis

English sexual

Today it means

adj Having, or pertaining to a system which involves, three sexes.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “trisexual”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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