Where does “voyeurism” come from?
Voyeurism derives from French voyeur, from Latin vidēre meaning "to see" with the suffix -tor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weyd- "to see," combined with the Greek suffix -ισμός forming a noun of practice or condition.
voyeurism (English): The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching...
Definitions
- The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching...
Ancestry of “voyeurism”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | voyeur | A person who derives sexual pleasure from... |
| 2 | French | voyeur | observer; watcher; voyeur, peeping tom |
| 3 | French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness |
| 4 | Middle French | -eur | Used to form agent nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Old French | -eor | Alternative form of -or |
| 6 | Latin | -ator | -ator, -er; second-person singular future passive... |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |