Etymology

hypercock

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Today it means: An exaggerated, unrealistically large penis. Full definition →

English cock ← Middle English cok ← Old English cocc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Germanic*keukô
  8. Proto-Germanic*kukkaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*kokk
  10. Old Englishcocc
  11. Middle Englishcok
  12. Englishcock
  13. English todayhypercock

From hyper- + cock.

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