for Nick - prurient entymology

Posted by Prof David West on Oct 03, 2020; 6:50pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/for-Nick-prurient-entymology-tp7598936.html

Avocado - from Aztec (via Spanish) ahucatl, meaning testicle

Etiquette - little signs that that Louis XIV put out to remind people not to pee in the fountains of Versaille

Bully - from Duth boel meaing lover

Editor - Roman title for someone charged with organizing human sacrifices

fascinate from Latin fascinum - penis amulet - and fascinare - charm or hex

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