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- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂esp-der.?
- Latinasper
- Ancient Greekἄσπρος (áspros)
- Medieval Greekδίασπρος (díaspros)
- Medieval Latindiaspra
- Old Frenchdyapre
- Middle Englishdyaper
- Englishdiaper
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
- Proto-Germanic*bō-
- Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
- Old English*bōia
- Middle Englishboye
- Englishboy
- English todaydiaperboy
From diaper (“an absorbent garment”) + boy (“a human male of any age”). Compare diapergirl. First attested in the form diaper boy on 27 January 1976 in a classified in The Boston Phoenix, and as diaperboy in September 1995 in a classified for the magazine Drummer (see quotations for both).
First known use, by meaning
- 1976 A male diaper lover; a man who engages in ABDL practices.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.