Etymology

titnosis

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Today it means: Erotic hypnosis involving breasts as a subject of fixation. Full definition →

English hypnosis ← Ancient Greek ὕπνωσις (húpnōsis) ← Proto-Hellenic *húpnos
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The story

  1. Englishtit
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swep-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*supnós
  4. Proto-Hellenic*húpnos
  5. Ancient Greekὕπνος (húpnos)
  6. Ancient Greekὑπνόω (hupnóō)
  7. Ancient Greekὕπνωσις (húpnōsis)
  8. Englishhypnosis
  9. English todaytitnosis

Blend of tit + hypnosis.

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