It comes, like many words in English, from Latin ("Sexus"). It was originally used primarily to designate between gender (male or female).
Author D.H. Lawrence changed all that in the early 20th century, and the term became popular as a word for sexual intercourse. Although, I have read some of his books and the guy was fucked up worse than Edgar Allen Poe and Hemingway combined. How people decided to use him to coin terms is beyond my understanding.
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Why is it called sex?
☢Åℓεx☣кαy {вιттεя☢вισнαzαя∂] November 05, 2009 05:53:09
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lol. random, I realize this but I juust can't figure it out. 'Sex' is a funny word why call it that?
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noun
1 (chiefly with reference to people) sexual activity, including specifically sexual intercourse : he enjoyed talking about sex | she didn't want to have sex with him.
• [in sing. ] a person's genitals (used in novels to avoid more vulgar or anatomically explicit terms).
2 either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions : adults of both sexes.
• the fact of belonging to one of these categories : direct discrimination involves treating someone less favorably on the grounds of their sex.
• the group of all members of either of these categories : she was well known for her efforts to improve the social condition of her sex.
verb [ trans. ]
1 determine the sex of : sexing chickens.
2 ( sex someone up) informal arouse or attempt to arouse someone sexually.
DERIVATIVES
sexer |ˈsɛksər| noun
ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the two categories, male and female): from Old French sexe or Latin sexus.
USAGE On the difference in use between the words sex (in sense 2 above) and gender, see usage at gender .
sex- |sɛks| |sɛks|
combining form
variant spelling of sexi- , shortened before a vowel (as in sexennial), or shortened before a consonant (as in sexfoil).
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noun
1 (chiefly with reference to people) sexual activity, including specifically sexual intercourse : he enjoyed talking about sex | she didn't want to have sex with him.
• [in sing. ] a person's genitals (used in novels to avoid more vulgar or anatomically explicit terms).
2 either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and most other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions : adults of both sexes.
• the fact of belonging to one of these categories : direct discrimination involves treating someone less favorably on the grounds of their sex.
• the group of all members of either of these categories : she was well known for her efforts to improve the social condition of her sex.
verb [ trans. ]
1 determine the sex of : sexing chickens.
2 ( sex someone up) informal arouse or attempt to arouse someone sexually.
DERIVATIVES
sexer |ˈsɛksər| noun
ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the two categories, male and female): from Old French sexe or Latin sexus.
USAGE On the difference in use between the words sex (in sense 2 above) and gender, see usage at gender .
sex- |sɛks| |sɛks|
combining form
variant spelling of sexi- , shortened before a vowel (as in sexennial), or shortened before a consonant (as in sexfoil).
sexi- |ˈsɛksi| |ˈsɛkˈsaɪl| (also sex- before a vowel)
combining form
six; having six : sexivalent.
ORIGIN from Latin sex ‘six.’
Author D.H. Lawrence changed all that in the early 20th century, and the term became popular as a word for sexual intercourse. Although, I have read some of his books and the guy was fucked up worse than Edgar Allen Poe and Hemingway combined. How people decided to use him to coin terms is beyond my understanding.