Etymology

nonerotica

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Today it means: Items that are not erotica; art, etc. that is not intended as sexually arousing. Full definition →

English erotica ← Latin erōtica ← Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rem-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rém-e-tider.?
  16. Ancient Greekἐράω (eráō)
  17. Ancient Greekἔρως (érōs)
  18. Ancient Greekἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
  19. Latinerōtica
  20. Englisherotica
  21. English todaynonerotica

From non- + erotica.

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