Etymology

unerotic

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Today it means: Not erotic; not sexually arousing. Full definition →

English erotic ← French érotique ← Latin erōticu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rem-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rém-e-tider.?
  10. Ancient Greekἐράω (eráō)
  11. Ancient Greekἔρως (érōs)
  12. Ancient Greekἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)
  13. Latinerōticu
  14. Frenchérotique
  15. Englisherotic
  16. English todayunerotic

From un- + erotic.

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