'Homosexual' and 'heterosexual' aren't as different as they look.
The parts 'hom-' and 'he-' stem from the same Proto-Indo-European root. It meant "one".
From this root we've also got the word 'same'.
Click my new infographic to learn all about these words and their histories.
The box on the right features additional derivatives of this root in Latin, Ancient Greek and Germanic.
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@yvanspijk I think you got either the colours or the legend box for them wrong?
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@mirabilos I did! I've now updated the graphic.
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