Etymology

mixoscopy

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Today it means: The attainment of sexual pleasure from watching other people have sex. Full definition →

German Mixoscopie ← Ancient Greek μίξις
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The story

  1. German · derived from-skopie“-scopy”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromμίξις“intercourse”
  3. German · borrowed fromMixoscopie
  4. English todaymixoscopy

Borrowed from German Mixoscopie, from Ancient Greek μίξις (míxis, “intercourse”) + German -skopie (“-scopy”). Reportedly coined by Albert Moll (1862–1939).

Words from the same roots

GermanMixoscopie all →

mixoscopic

Ancient Greekμίξις all →

-micticmixis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.