Etymology

voyeurism

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Today it means: The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching unsuspecting people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or undressing, toileting, or engaging in sexual activity. Full definition →

English voyeur ← French voyeur ← Middle French veoir
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*widēō
  4. Latinvideō
  5. Old Frenchveoir
  6. Middle Frenchveoir
  7. Frenchvoir
  8. Frenchvoyeur
  9. Englishvoyeur
  10. English todayvoyeurism

From voyeur + -ism.

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