Etymology

micropenis

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Today it means: An unusually small penis. Full definition →

English penis ← Latin pēni ← Proto-Italic *peznis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pes-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pes-ni-s
  7. Proto-Italic*peznis
  8. Latinpēni
  9. Englishpenis
  10. English todaymicropenis

From micro- + penis.

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