praeputium

See also: præputium

Latin

Etymology

From a combination of prae- (“before”) +‎ Old Latin pūtos (“penis”), potentially from Proto-Indo-European *pew- (“to blow (up)”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

praepūtium n (genitive praepūtiī or praepūtī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) Prepuce, foreskin

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative praepūtium praepūtia
genitive praepūtiī
praepūtī1 		praepūtiōrum
dative praepūtiō praepūtiīs
accusative praepūtium praepūtia
ablative praepūtiō praepūtiīs
vocative praepūtium praepūtia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Italic:
    Catalan: prepuci
    French: prépuce
    Italian: prepuzio
    Portuguese: prepúcio
    Romanian: prepuț
    Spanish: prepucio
  • Germanic:
    English: prepuce
    German: Präputium
  • Slavic:
    Bulgarian: препуциум (prepucium)
    Serbo-Croatian: prepucij

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pu-t-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 848
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