Etymology

tragalism

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Today it means: lustfulness Full definition →

Ancient Greek τράγος ← Spanish tragalismo
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  1. Spanish · derived fromtragalismo
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromτράγος“goat”
  3. English todaytragalism

From Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “goat”) + -ism. Alternatively, OED indicates an adaptation from Spanish tragalismo, of the same Ancient Greek origin.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτράγος all →

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