Etymology

antipornography

A1N1T1I1P3O1R1N1O1G2R1A1P3H4Y4

Today it means: Opposed to the distribution and consumption of pornography Full definition →

English pornography ← French pornographie ← Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos)
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

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. Englishpornography
  16. English todayantipornography

From anti- + pornography.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.