The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰeh₁(y)-“to suck, to suckle”
- Latin · derived fromfellō“suck”
- English todayfellate
Back-formation from fellatio on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin fellō (“suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, to suckle”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)- all →
doefelicity
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.