Etymology

literotica

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Today it means: Erotic literature. Full definition →

English erotica ← Latin erōtica ← Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂leyH-
  2. Old Latinleitera
  3. Latinlīterader.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*dipʰtʰérā?
  5. Ancient Greekδιφθέρᾱ (diphthérā)
  6. Etruscan[Term?]bor.?
  7. Latinlittera
  8. Latinlitterātūra
  9. Old Frenchlittérature
  10. Middle Englishliterature
  11. Englishliterature
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rem-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rém-e-tider.?
  14. Ancient Greekἐράω (eráō)
  15. Ancient Greekἔρως (érōs)
  16. Ancient Greekἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
  17. Latinerōtica
  18. Englisherotica
  19. English todayliterotica

Blend of literature + erotica. Genericized from the trademark Literotica held by Sunlane Media for the free erotic fiction website literotica.com, which started in 1998.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.