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Where does “πόρνη” come from?

πόρνη (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European perh₂- — sell.

πόρνη (Ancient Greek): female prostitute

Definitions

  1. female prostitute

Ancestry of “πόρνη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanperh₂-sell

Words derived from “πόρνη”

  • pornography
  • pornographic
  • porno
  • pornographer
  • antipornography
  • pornographically
  • nonpornographic
  • semipornographic
  • pornocracy
  • pornograph
  • quasipornographic
  • pornographist
  • cyberpornography
  • antipornographic
  • pornographed
  • pseudopornographic
  • ecopornography
  • nonpornography
  • unpornographic
  • pornographess
  • porngrind
  • pornocore
  • pornosexual
  • pornogrind
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