pudendum

英 [pjʊ'dendəm] 美
  • n. (尤指女性的)外生殖器;外阴

中文词源


pudendum 阴部

来自拉丁语pudendum,阴部,羞耻区,来自pudere,感到羞耻,感到害羞,来自pudare,剪枝,思考,来自PIE*pu,击,打,思考,词源同pave,compute,repute.该词常见于复数形式pudenda.

英文词源


pudendum (n.)
"external genitals," late 14c. (pudenda), from Latin pudendum (plural pudenda), literally "thing to be ashamed of," neuter gerundive of pudere "make ashamed; be ashamed," from PIE root *(s)peud- "to punish, repulse." Translated into Old English as scamlim ("shame-limb"); in Middle English also anglicized as pudende (early 15c.). Related: Pudendal.

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