Porno etymology

English

English word porno comes from English pornography

Etymology of porno

Detailed word origin of porno

Dictionary entry Language Definition
pornography English (en) (by extension) The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to erotic pleasure; any such depiction.. (usually, humorous) The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something.. The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. [From mid-19th c.].
pornographic English (en) Containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.. Depicting something in detail, usually unnecessarily.
porno English (en) Pornographic [from the 1950s] (countable) A pornographic film.. (uncountable) Pornography.

Words with the same origin as porno

Descendants of pornography

porn