English
eviration
Eviration comes from Latin eviratio.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeviratio
- Englishearliest quotation 1995eviration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeviratio
- Englishearliest quotation 1995eviration
Earliest quotation: 1995, Gary Kates, Monsieur d'Eon Is a Woman: “Essentially, then, it was the fear of “eviration,” rather…”
Every English word from Latin eviratio
Today it means
noun Emasculation; effeminacy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin eviratio / eviration