Etymology

diaperboy

dia·per·boy
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Today it means: A male diaper lover; a man who engages in ABDL practices. Full definition →

First used 1976English boy ← Middle English boye ← Old English *bōia
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  5. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂esp-der.?
  7. Latinasper
  8. Ancient Greekἄσπρος (áspros)
  9. Medieval Greekδίασπρος (díaspros)
  10. Medieval Latindiaspra
  11. Old Frenchdyapre
  12. Middle Englishdyaper
  13. Englishdiaper
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  15. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  16. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  17. Old English*bōia
  18. Middle Englishboye
  19. Englishboy
  20. 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.

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