Etymology

poképorn

Today it means: Pornographic media involving characters from the Pokémon franchise. Full definition →

English porn ← French pornographie ← Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos)
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  1. Proto-Germanic*puhô
  2. Frankish*pokō
  3. Old Frenchpoche
  4. Anglo-Normanpoket
  5. Middle Englishpocket
  6. Englishpocket
  7. Japaneseポケット
  8. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*man-eje-
  11. Proto-Italic*moneō
  12. Proto-Italic*monestrom
  13. Latinmōnstrum
  14. Old Frenchmonstre
  15. Middle Englishmonstre
  16. Englishmonster
  17. Japaneseモンスター
  18. Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
  19. Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
  20. EnglishPokémonclip.
  21. EnglishPoké-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*perh₂-
  23. Proto-Hellenic*pórnē
  24. Ancient Greekπόρνη (pórnē)
  25. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  26. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  27. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  28. Ancient Greekπορνογράφος (pornográphos)
  29. Frenchpornographie
  30. Englishpornographyclip.
  31. Englishporn
  32. English todaypoképorn

Analysable as Poké- (“pertaining to the Pokémon franshine”) + porn (“clipping of pornography”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.