English
mentula
Mentula comes from Latin mentula ‘dick, cock’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to protrude, to project, to stick out’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to protrude, to project, to stick out’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmentula‘dick, cock’
- Englishearliest quotation 1974same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to protrude, to project, to stick out’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmentula‘dick, cock’
- Englishearliest quotation 1974same form
Earliest quotation: 1974, Guy Davenport: “He, watchman of gardens, keeps evil away with his…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to protrude, to project, to stick out’
money, music, mind, amount, mouth, remain, museum, mountain, monster, auto, min, monitor, comment, mount, permanent, mental, mention, monetary, demonstration, monk, maya, mint, monastery, amnesty, muse, mosaic, summon, ming, mas, mandarin, monte, mania, muster, monstrous, prominence, monument, amnesia, manic, imminent, mantra, 127 more
Today it means
noun A penis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / mentula