The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσμῆγμα
- English todaysmegma
From Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “to wipe, clean”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.