prepuce

The story

1. Old Latin · derived frompūtos“penis”
2. Latin · derived frompraepūtium“prepuce, foreskin”
3. Old French · derived fromprepuce“foreskin”
4. Middle English · inherited fromprepuce
5. English todayprepuce

From Middle English prepuce, prepuse, from Old French prepuce (“foreskin”), from Latin praepūtium (“prepuce, foreskin”), a combination of prae- (“fore-”) + Old Latin pūtos (“penis”).

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