what is the origin of the word dildo?

[Zuni]

:hi:

[Eurobabe]

1. sounds French to me

M-W.com says origin unknown. The prudes!

[Bassic]

12. Not French.

French word for it is godemiché.

I know, it's ugly...

[William769]

2. This help?

dildo (n) an artificial penis.
This word is approximately 200 years old and probably originates in diletto, Italian for (a) delight or darling. Alternatively the term may simply be an invention.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

3. dictionary.com says "origin unkown"

il·do also dil·doe Audio pronunciation of "dildo" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dld)
n. pl. dil·dos, also dil·does

An object having the shape and often the appearance of an erect penis, used in sexual stimulation.


Origin unknown.

[Parche]

4. Word

Some Prick back in 1469 invented the device

[bridgit]

5. posted in another thread the other day...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4713323.stm necessity is the mother of invention during all those longs lonely forage for food in the winter maybe, or maybe them stone age dudes understood the facility of a 'rock hard' notion

[derby378]

6. Check out the Wikipedia entry

Look carefully...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo

[anarch]

7. heh..."merkin"

I was not aware of this.

[Zuni]

8. pubic hair toupees

:rofl:

[derby378]

9. Apparently someone censored part of it

There was an entry at the top that read:

For the current US President, visit "George W. Bush."

[ET Awful]

10. The REAL answer . . . .

[bridgit]

11. bwahaha...

it's rudolf the red nosed dildo :rofl: