Etymology

diaperbrain

dia·per·brain
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Today it means: The state of mind in which one is (sexually) enamoured with diapers. Full definition →

English brain ← Middle English brayn ← Old English bræġn
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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*mregʰ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*mrógʰ-n̥ ~ *mrégʰ-n̥-s
  16. Proto-Germanic*bragną
  17. Proto-West Germanic*bragn
  18. Old Englishbræġn
  19. Middle Englishbrayn
  20. Englishbrain
  21. English todaydiaperbrain

From diaper (“an absorbent garment”) + brain (“mind”).

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