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- Proto-Indo-European*perh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pórnē
- Ancient Greekπόρνη (pórnē)
- English todayporno-
From πορν- (porn-), the stem of the Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”). Sense 2 from porno(graphy) and porno(grapher), both ultimately also from πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπόρνη all →
pornerastic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.