Etymology

pornographic

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Today it means: Containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity. Full definition →

English pornography ← French pornographie ← Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*perh₂-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pórnē
  3. Ancient Greekπόρνη (pórnē)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  6. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  7. Ancient Greekπορνογράφος (pornográphos)
  8. Frenchpornographie
  9. Englishpornography
  10. English todaypornographic

From pornography + -ic.

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