Etymology

pareunia

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Ancient Greek πάρευνος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπάρευνος“lying beside, lying with”
  2. English todaypareunia

From Ancient Greek πάρευνος (páreunos, “lying beside, lying with”).

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