The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπαιδερᾰστίᾱ
- Latin · derived frompaederastia
- English todaypederastice
Probably either the post-Classical Latin paederastia or its etymon, the Ancient Greek παιδερᾰστίᾱ (paiderăstíā), suffixed with the English -ice (suffix forming abstract nouns). Compare pederasty.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.