Etymograph

English

mixoscopy

Mixoscopy comes from German Mixoscopie, from Ancient Greek μίξις ‘intercourse’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ- ‘to mix’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyǵ-‘to mix’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*míḱtisreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμίξιςmíxis‘intercourse’
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentMixoscopie
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1927mixoscopy

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meyǵ-‘to mix’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*míḱtisreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμίξιςmíxis‘intercourse’
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentMixoscopie
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1927mixoscopy

Earliest quotation: 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex: “Founded on the sense of vision also we find…”

The story

Reportedly coined by Albert Moll (1862–1939).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ- ‘to mix’

mix, mash, 6 more

Today it means

noun The attainment of sexual pleasure from watching other people have sex.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ- / mixoscopy

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