Where does “bonerific” come from?
bonerific (English) comes from English terrific, from French terrifique, from Latin terrificus, from Latin terror, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor.
bonerific (English): sexually attractive
Definitions
- sexually attractive
Ancestry of “bonerific”, step by step
bonerific traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English terrific
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | terrific | Terrifying, causing terror; terrible; sublime,... |
| 2 | French | terrifique | terrifying, frightening |
| 3 | Latin | terrificus | terrifying |
| 4 | Latin | terror | a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic; an... |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English boner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boner | An erect penis; One who or that which bones; A... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |