The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπαιδεραστία“love of boys”
- English todaypederasty
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδεραστία (paiderastía, “love of boys”), from παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”), from παῖς (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἔραμαι (éramai, “to love”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.