penis的词源

英文词源

penis

penis: see pencil

penis (n.)

1670s, perhaps from French pénis or directly from Latin penis "penis," earlier "tail," from PIE *pes- "penis" (cognates: Sanskrit pasas-, Greek peos, posthe "penis," probably also Old English fæsl "progeny, offspring," Old Norse fösull, German Fasel "young of animals, brood"). The proper plural is penes. The adjective is penial. In psychological writing, penis envy is attested from 1924.

中文词源

penis：阴茎

来自拉丁语penis,尾巴，阴茎，来自PIE*pes,尾巴，阴茎，词源同pencil,penicillin.

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