English
orgasm
Orgasm may come from French orgasme.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentorgasmeuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1794orgasm
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentorgasmeuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1794orgasm
Earliest quotation: 1794, Erasmus Darwin: “Hence simple fevers are of two kinds; first, the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’
work, energy, wright, organic, boulevard, energetic, wrought, allergy, organize, organ, liturgy, metallurgy, bulwark, werk, argon, irk, irksome, wark, erg, 21 more
Today it means
noun A spasm or sudden contraction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French orgasme / orgasm