Etymograph

English

penis

Penis comes from Latin pēnis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēnis
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1981penis

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpēnis
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1981penis

Earliest quotation: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology: “The penis is the perfectly obvious and natural symbol…”

first attested First attested in the late 17th century (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in the late 17th century.

Every English word from Latin pēnis

Today it means

noun The male erectile reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse that in the human male and other placental mammals is also used for urination; the tubular portion of the external male genitalia (excluding the scrotum).

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

Etymograph / Latin pēnis / penis

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