Etymology

t-dick

Today it means: The clitoris of a trans man, enlarged (clitoromegaly) by masculinizing hormone replacement therapy. Full definition →

English dick ← Middle English Rycharde ← Old French Richard
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The story

  1. Latintesti
  2. Englishtest(is)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kʰolā́
  5. Ancient Greekχολή (kholḗ)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  7. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  8. Frenchcholestérine
  9. Frenchcholestéro
  10. Englishcholesterol
  11. Englishsterol
  12. GermanKeton
  13. Englishketone
  14. Englishtestosteroneclip.
  15. EnglishT
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
  18. Proto-Celtic*rīxs
  19. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  20. Proto-West Germanic*rīk
  21. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  22. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  23. Proto-West Germanic*hardu
  24. Proto-West Germanic*Rīkuhardu
  25. Old High GermanRihhart
  26. Middle High GermanRihard
  27. Medieval LatinRichardus
  28. Old FrenchRichard
  29. Middle EnglishRycharde
  30. EnglishRichard
  31. EnglishRick
  32. EnglishDick
  33. Englishdick
  34. English todayt-dick

From T (“testosterone”) + dick (“penis”). Alternatively, from t- (“trans”) + dick.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.