characulum
Pronunciation: /kaˈɾaʎu/
“characulum” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:
noun
- penis
Etymology
According to Leo Spitzer, a diminutive of an unattested Latin *charax, borrowed from Ancient Greek χάραξ (khárax, “pole, stick”); alternatively, Coromines proposes the form *caraculum, which he believes is ultimately derived from a Pre-Roman substrate *kar (“rock”) (compare Welsh carreg (“stone”).
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