Etymology

eunuchry

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Today it means: The state of being a eunuch. Full definition →

English eunuch ← Middle English eunuk ← Latin eunūchus
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekεὐνή (eunḗ)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*seǵʰ-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hékʰō
  4. Ancient Greekἔχω (ékhō)
  5. Ancient Greekϝέχω (wékhō)?
  6. Ancient Greekεὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos)
  7. Latineunūchus
  8. Middle Englisheunuk
  9. Englisheunuch
  10. English todayeunuchry

From eunuch + -ry.

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