Where does “onanie” come from?

onanie (Romanian) comes from German Onanie, from New Latin onania — onanism.

onanie (Romanian): onanism

Definitions

  1. onanism

Ancestry of “onanie”, step by step

onanie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Onanie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOnaniemasturbation
2New Latinonaniaonanism

via Latin onania

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinonaniaonanism
Every word from New Latin onania →Every word from German Onanie →