Etymology

Japenis

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Today it means: A Japanese person. Full definition →

English penis ← Latin pēni ← Proto-Italic *peznis
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The story

  1. Hokkien日本 (Ji̍t-pún)
  2. MalayJepang
  3. PortugueseJapão
  4. MalayJepang
  5. DutchJapan
  6. EnglishJapan
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pes-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pes-ni-s
  9. Proto-Italic*peznis
  10. Latinpēni
  11. Englishpenis
  12. English todayJapenis

Blend of Japan + penis.

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