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Origin and history of zoophilia

zoophilia(n.)

"attraction to animals involving release of sexual energy," 1899, in a translation of Krafft-Ebing (it is attested in German by 1894), fromzoo- "animal" +-philia.

"[F]ormerly not implying sexual intercourse or bestiality" [OED, 1989], and it was used earlier in 1890s in psychological writing in reference to a morbid sentimentalism over animals. Related:Zoophilic.

Zoophilist is attested by 1829 as "one who has sympathy or tender care for living creatures, opponent of vivisection and animal cruelty;"zoophile in this sense is by 1885, from French.Zoophily is attested by 1886.

also from 1899

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-philia

word-forming element meaning "friendship, fondness, tendency toward," and in recent use "abnormal attraction to," from Greekphilia "affection," fromphilos "loving," which is of uncertain origin. Related:-philic.

zoo-

word-forming element meaning "animal, living being," from Greekzōion "an animal," literally "a living being," from PIE root*gwei- "to live," source also of Greekbios "life;" comparebio-.

*gwei-

also*gweie-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to live."

It might form all or part of:abiogenesis;aerobic;amphibian;anaerobic;azo-;azoic;azotemia;bio-;biography;biology;biome;bionics;biopsy;biota;biotic;cenobite;Cenozoic;convivial;couch (n.2) "grass;"epizoic;epizoon;epizootic;macrobiotic;Mesozoic;microbe;Protozoa;protozoic;quick;quicken;quicksand;quicksilver;quiver (v.) "to tremble;"revive;survive;symbiosis;viable;viand;viper;vita;vital;vitamin;victuals;viva;vivace;vivacious;vivarium;vivid;vivify;viviparous;vivisection;whiskey;wyvern;zodiac;Zoe;zoetrope;zoic;zoo-;zoolatry;zoology;zoon;zoophilia;zoophobia;zooplankton.

It might also be the source of: Sanskritjivah "alive, living;" Old Persian*jivaka- "alive," Middle Persianzhiwak "alive;" Greekbios "one's life, course or way of living, lifetime,"zoe "animal life, organic life;" Old Englishcwic,cwicu "living, alive;" Latinvivus "living, alive,"vita "life;" Old Church Slavoniczivo "to live;" Lithuaniangyvas "living, alive,"gyvata "(eternal) life;" Old Irishbethu "life,"bith "age;" Welshbyd "world."

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paraphilia

"sexual perversion, deviate desires," 1913, from German paraphilie (by 1903), apparently coined by Austrian ethnologist Friedrich Salomo Krauss (1859-1938) as meaning "inverted erotic instinct," from Greek para- "beside, aside" (see para- (1)) + philos "loving" (see -phile). Popu

casserole

1706, "stew pan," from French casserole "sauce pan" (16c.), diminutive of casse "pan" (14c.), from Provençal cassa "melting pan," from Medieval Latin cattia "pan, vessel," possibly from Greek kyathion, diminutive of kyathos "cup for the wine bowl." Originally the pan; by 1889 als

primordial

late 14c., "being or pertaining to the source or beginning," from Late Latin primordialis "first of all, original," from Latin primordium "a beginning, the beginning, origin, commencement," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + stem of ordiri "to begin" (see order (n.)). The s

beam

Old English beam, "living tree," but by late 10c. also "rafter, post, ship's timber," from Proto-Germanic *baumaz "tree" (source also of Old Frisian bam "tree, gallows, beam," Middle Dutch boom, Old High German boum, German Baum "tree," and perhaps also (with unexplained sound ch

consult

"ask advice of, seek the opinion of as a guide to one's own judgment," 1520s, from French consulter (16c.), from Latin consultare "consult, take the advice of," frequentative of consulere "to take counsel, meet and consider," originally probably "to call together," as in consuler

fortune

c. 1300, "chance, luck as a force in human affairs," from Old French fortune "lot, good fortune, misfortune" (12c.), from Latin fortuna "chance, fate, good luck," from fors (genitive fortis) "chance, luck," possibly ultimately from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry," also "to bear ch

testimony

c. 1400, "proof or demonstration of some fact, evidence, piece of evidence;" early 15c., "legal testimony, sworn statement of a witness," from Old North French testimonie (Old French testimoine 11c.), from Latin testimonium "evidence, proof, witness, attestation," from testis "a

joke

1660s, joque, "a jest, something done to excite laughter," from Latin iocus "joke, jest, sport, pastime" (source also of French jeu, Spanish juego, Portuguese jogo, Italian gioco), from Proto-Italic *joko-, from PIE *iok-o- "word, utterance," from root *yek- (1) "to speak" (cogna

sinister

early 15c., sinistre, "prompted by malice or ill-will; false, dishonest, intending to mislead," with suggestion, report, etc., from Old French senestre, sinistre "contrary, false; unfavorable; to the left" (14c.), from Latin sinister "left, on the left side" (opposite of dexter),

liturgy

1550s, Liturgy, "the service of the Holy Eucharist," from French liturgie (16c.) or directly from Late Latin/Medieval Latin liturgia "public service, public worship," from Greek leitourgia "a liturgy; public duty, ministration, ministry," from leitourgos "one who performs a publi

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