gynesexual

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ)lbor. English gyne- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English -sexual English gynesexual From gyne- + -sexual.

  1. derived from *séks-u-sder

Definitions

  1. Attracted to women and/or to femininity regardless of gender.

    • […] females, and/or femininity, regardless of whether the people they are attracted to were assigned female at birth. Gynosexual/gynesexual people: Individuals who experience sexual attraction toward women, females, and/or femininity […]
  2. A gynesexual person or organism.

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