Etymology

callipygian

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Today it means: Having beautifully shaped buttocks. Full definition →

Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος (kallípugos) ← Proto-Indo-European *spugeh₂
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  1. Ancient Greekκᾰλός (kălós)
  2. Ancient Greekκᾰ́λλος (kắllos)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*spugeh₂
  4. Ancient Greekπῡγή (pūgḗ)
  5. Ancient Greekκαλλίπυγος (kallípugos)
  6. English todaycallipygian

From Ancient Greek καλλίπυγος (kallípugos) + -ian, from κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.