Etymology

uranism

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German Uranismus ← Ancient Greek οὐράνιος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromοὐράνιος“heavenly, spiritual”
  2. German · derived fromUranismus
  3. English todayuranism

From German Uranismus, from Ancient Greek οὐράνιος (ouránios, “heavenly, spiritual”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekοὐράνιος all →

uranian

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.