Where does “fornication” come from?
Fornication comes from Middle English fornicacioun, from Old French fornicacion, from Latin fornicatio, a noun formation using the Latin suffix -tio applied to fornix, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tis.
fornication (English): Sexual intercourse by people who are not married,...
Definitions
- Sexual intercourse by people who are not married,...
Ancestry of “fornication”, step by step