The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromαἰδοῖα“private parts, pudenda”
- New Latin · borrowed fromaedeagus
- English todayaedeagus
From New Latin aedeagus, derived from Ancient Greek αἰδοῖα (aidoîa, “private parts, pudenda”) + ἀγός (agós, “leader”), from ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekαἰδοῖα all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.