Etymology

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Today it means: pederasty Full definition →

Latin paederastia ← Ancient Greek παιδερᾰστίᾱ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαιδερᾰστίᾱ
  2. Latin · derived frompaederastia
  3. 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.

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