Etymology

phallocampsis

P3H4A1L1L1O1C3A1M3P3S1I1S1

Today it means: A permanent curvature of the penis, especially that occurring during erection. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κάμψις
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκάμψις
  2. English todayphallocampsis

From phallo- (“penis”) + -campsis (“bend, curve”), from Ancient Greek κάμψις (kámpsis).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκάμψις all →

-campsisdactylocampsisgonycampsisrachiocampsis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.