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Where does “αιδοιολειξία” come from?

αιδοιολειξία (Greek) comes from Greek αιδοίο, from Ancient Greek αἰδοῖον, from Ancient Greek αἰδοῖος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

αιδοιολειξία (Greek): cunnilingus

Definitions

  1. cunnilingus

Ancestry of “αιδοιολειξία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekαιδοίοvulva, pudenda
2Ancient Greekαἰδοῖονthe genitals, pudenda, vulva, penis; inflection...
3Ancient Greekαἰδοῖοςmodest, bashful; honored, respected
4Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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