Etymology of the English word eunuch
the English word
eunuchderived from the Latin word
eunuchderived from the Greek word
eunouchos, εὐνοῦχος (a castrated person (such being employed in Oriental bed-chambers); by extension an impotent or unmarried man; by implication, a chamberlain (state-officer))
derived from the Greek word
eunederived from the Greek word
echein, ἔχω
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*segh-Date
The earliest known usage of eunuch in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
eunuchism,
eunuchize,
eunuchoidCognates
Dutch
eunuch, French
eunuque, German
Eunuch, Norwegian
eunukk, Swedish
eunuckUsage
Word found in Modern English
