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Where does “prepuce” come from?

Prepuce comes from Middle English prepuce, from Old French prepuce, from Latin praeputium, formed from prae- meaning "before" and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European preh₂- meaning "to grasp."

prepuce (English): The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue...

Definitions

  1. The foreskin, or retractable fold of tissue...

Ancestry of “prepuce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishprepuce—
2Old Frenchprepuceforeskin
3Latinpraepūtium—

Words derived from “prepuce”

  • megaprepuce
Every word from Latin praepūtium →