Etymology

macrophallus

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Today it means: An abnormally large penis; macropenis Full definition →

English phallus ← Latin phallu ← Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Ancient Greekφαλλός (phallós)
  8. Latinphallu
  9. Englishphallus
  10. English todaymacrophallus

From macro- + phallus.

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