The term derives from the Latin: ''hermaphroditus'', from Ancient Greek: ἑρμαφρόδιτος hermaphroditos, which derives from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphroditos Hermaphroditos], the son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes Hermes] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite Aphrodite] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology]. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovid Ovid], he fused with a [[nymph]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmacis Salmacis], resulting in one individual possessing physical traits of both sexes. Although according to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diodorus Diodorus], who mentions at an earlier period, he was born with a physical [[body]] combining both sexes. | The term derives from the Latin: ''hermaphroditus'', from Ancient Greek: ἑρμαφρόδιτος hermaphroditos, which derives from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphroditos Hermaphroditos], the son of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes Hermes] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite Aphrodite] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek mythology]. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovid Ovid], he fused with a [[nymph]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmacis Salmacis], resulting in one individual possessing physical traits of both sexes. Although according to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diodorus Diodorus], who mentions at an earlier period, he was born with a physical [[body]] combining both sexes. |