The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκατακλυσμός“deluge, flood”
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκλύσμα“enema”
- English todayklismaphilia
From Ancient Greek κλύσμα (klúsma, “enema”) [from Ancient Greek κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”)] and φιλία (philía, “(fraternal) love”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκατακλυσμός all →
cataclysm
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.