penis

Latin

noun

Definitions

(archaic) tail
(anatomy) the penis, male sexual organ
(figuratively) lust
(inflection of) pēnis
(inflection of) pēnis

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *pesnis inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pes-ni-s.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pes-ni-s

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

peotomy English
peniculus Latin
pēnis Latin
пенис Russian
pene Spanish, Castilian
penecillo Spanish, Castilian
peniano Spanish, Castilian
πέος Ancient Greek
*pes-ni-s Proto-Indo-European
*fas(u)laz, *fasulaz Proto-Germanic
fæsl Old English
पसस् Sanskrit
pincel Old French
pincil Old French
пенис Serbo-Croatian
πέος Greek (modern)
пенис Bulgarian
пенис Macedonian
пеніс Belarusian
*pesnis Proto-Italic
*pásas Proto-Indo-Aryan
*péhos Proto-Hellenic