Where does “cunnilingual” come from?
cunnilingual (English) comes from English cunnilingus, from Latin cunnilingus, from Latin cunnus, from Middle High German kunt, from Old High German kund, from Proto-West Germanic kunþ, from Proto-Germanic kunþaz, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną — to know.
cunnilingual (English): Pertaining to cunnilingus
Definitions
- Pertaining to cunnilingus
Ancestry of “cunnilingual”, step by step
cunnilingual traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cunnilingus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cunnilingus | Who performs oral sex on a woman’s clitoris... |
| 2 | Latin | cunnilingus | cuntlicker, cunnilinguist |
| 3 | Latin | cunnus | woman; cunt, cunny; female pudendum, pubic hair |
| 4 | Middle High German | kunt | cunt, pussy, vulva, vagina |
| 5 | Old High German | kund | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kunþ | known |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kunþaz | past participle of *kunnaną; known |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |