Where does “phallic” come from?
Phallic comes from French -ique, Ancient Greek φαλλός, and Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, meaning to swell or bloom.
phallic (English): Having to do with the penis, especially in terms...
Definitions
- Having to do with the penis, especially in terms...
Ancestry of “phallic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 2 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 3 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 4 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 5 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 6 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 7 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 8 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |