Etymology

cocksucker

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Today it means: A very annoying or objectionable person; any contemptible person. Full definition →

English sucker ← Middle English souker ← Old English sūcan
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*keukô
  2. Proto-Germanic*kukkaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kokk
  4. Old Englishcocc
  5. Middle Englishcok
  6. Englishcock
  7. Proto-Germanic*sūkaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*sūkan
  9. Old Englishsūcan
  10. Middle Englishsouken
  11. Middle Englishsouker
  12. Englishsucker
  13. English todaycocksucker

From cock + sucker.

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