pudendum
英 [pjʊ'dendəm]
美
- n. （尤指女性的）外生殖器；外阴
词态变化
复数: pudenda;
中文词源
pudendum 阴部
来自拉丁语pudendum,阴部，羞耻区，来自pudere,感到羞耻，感到害羞，来自pudare,剪枝，思考，来自PIE*pu,击，打，思考，词源同pave,compute,repute.该词常见于复数形式pudenda.
英文词源
- pudendum (n.)
- "external genitals," late 14c. (pudenda), from Latin pudendum (plural pudenda), literally "thing to be ashamed of," neuter gerundive of pudere "make ashamed; be ashamed," from PIE root *(s)peud- "to punish, repulse." Translated into Old English as scamlim ("shame-limb"); in Middle English also anglicized as pudende (early 15c.). Related: Pudendal.