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Where does “Sodomit” come from?

Sodomit (German) comes from French sodomite, from Old French Sodomite, from Latin sodomita, from Ancient Greek σοδομίτης.

Ancestry of “Sodomit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsodomite—
2Old FrenchSodomite—
3Latinsodomita—
4Ancient Greekσοδομίτης—

Words derived from “Sodomit”

  • sodomitisch
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