cunnilingus
English
/ˌkʌnɪˈlɪŋɡəs/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Who performs oral sex on a woman’s clitoris and/or vulva.
- oral Oral sex in which a woman's clitoris and/or vulva is orally stimulated.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cunnilingus (cuntlicker) root from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (lick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leyǵʰ-
Gloss
lick
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autocunnilingus English
- cunnilingate English
- cunnilingual English
- cunnilinguate English
- cunnilinguist English
- cunnilinguize English
- cunnilingus Latin
- cunnus Latin
- linctus Latin
- lingere Latin
- lingo Latin
- lingō Latin
- λείχω Ancient Greek
- λειχήν Ancient Greek
- *leyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *laigōną Proto-Germanic
- *likkōną Proto-Germanic
- *slikkōną Proto-Germanic
- लिहति Sanskrit
- sleikja Old Norse
- *līzàti Proto-Slavic
- cona Galician
- conacha Galician
- ligid Old Irish
- cono Old Portuguese
- *ligeti Proto-Celtic
- *lēgā Proto-Celtic
- kunilingas Lithuanian
- laižyti Lithuanian