Coitus

Use this forum to suggest Good Words for Professor Beard.
William Hupy
Senior Lexiterian
Posts: 611
Joined: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:14 pm

Coitus

Postby William Hupy » Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:11 am

This originally meant come together, until it took on the predominately sexual sense. But it’s PIE and Latin roots were simply “come with”. Co + ire.
William A. Hupy

Perry Lassiter
Great Grand Panjandrum
Posts: 3333
Joined: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:41 pm
Location: RUSTON, LA
Contact:

Re: Coitus

Postby Perry Lassiter » Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:09 pm

You might call it a con job, but there are quite a few con- and co- words used for sexual congress: conjugal, copulate, and from another direction entirely, the ever ambiguous intercourse and intimacy.
pl


Return to “Good Word Suggestions”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 53 guests