Etymology

antiporn

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Today it means: antipornography Full definition →

English porn ← French pornographie ← Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*perh₂-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pórnē
  9. Ancient Greekπόρνη (pórnē)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  12. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  13. Ancient Greekπορνογράφος (pornográphos)
  14. Frenchpornographie
  15. Englishpornographyclip.
  16. Englishporn
  17. English todayantiporn

From anti- + porn.

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