of or pertaining to relationships between persons that involve sexuality
Word origin
[1935–40; socio- + sexual]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rhodesian ridgeback, aeroembolism, bingo, blitz, roadblocksocio- is a combining form used, with the meanings “social,” “sociological,” or “society,”in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix socio- include: sociobiology, sociocracy, sociogram, sociometry, sociotechnological