The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαιδεραστής“lover of boys”
- French · borrowed frompédéraste
- English todaypederast
Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “lover of boys”), from παῖς (paîs, “boy”) and ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.