English
fellatory
Fellatory comes from Latin fellō ‘to suck, to suckle’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁(y)-‘to suck, suckle’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁(i)-l-éh₂-ye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θēlājōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fēlājōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfellōas fellāre, past participle stem‘to suck, to suckle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1974fellatory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁(y)-‘to suck, suckle’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁(i)-l-éh₂-ye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θēlājōreconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*fēlājōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfellōas fellāre, past participle stem‘to suck, to suckle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1974fellatory
Earliest quotation: 1974, Angela Carter, Lovely Linda: “Fame, however, came with Deep Throat, since when her…”
Formed from -ory
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suck, suckle’
female, feminist, doe, feminism, tyre, fetus, dai, felicity, fawn, femme, femininity, filial, effeminate, fecundity, dahi, 30 more
Today it means
adj Pertaining to fellatio.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- / fellatory