Etymology

heteroerotica

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Today it means: Heterosexual erotica. Full definition →

English erotica ← Latin erōtica ← Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sḿ̥teros
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hə́teros
  4. Ancient Greekἕτερος (héteros)
  5. Englishhetero-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rem-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rém-e-tider.?
  8. Ancient Greekἐράω (eráō)
  9. Ancient Greekἔρως (érōs)
  10. Ancient Greekἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
  11. Latinerōtica
  12. Englisherotica
  13. English todayheteroerotica

From hetero- + erotica.

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