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Etymology of the English word cunnilingus

the English word cunnilingus
derived from the New Latin word cunnilingus (type of sexual perversion, practicing cunnilingus)
derived from the Latin word lingere (lick; lick up)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leigh-
derived from the Latin word cunnus (female pudenda, external genitalia; a female)

Date

The earliest known usage of cunnilingus in English dates from the 19th century.

Derivations in English

anilingus

Usage

Word found in Modern English



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