Etymology

avisodomy

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Today it means: The act of a human being having sex with a bird. Full definition →

English sodomy ← Latin avis ← Proto-Italic *awis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éwis
  3. Proto-Italic*awis
  4. Latinavis
  5. Englishavi-
  6. Englishsodomy
  7. English todayavisodomy

From avi- + sodomy.

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