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intersex (n.)
"one having characteristics of both sexes," 1917, from German
intersexe
(1915); see
inter-
+
sex
. Coined by German-born U.S. geneticist Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (1878-1958). Related:
Intersexual
;
intersexuality
.