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English word pornography comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) γράφω, Ancient Greek (to 1453) πορνεία, Ancient Greek (to 1453) πορν-, and later Latin pornographia (Pornography.)
γράφω (Ancient Greek)
πορνεία (Ancient Greek)
πορν- (Ancient Greek)
πορνογράφος (Ancient Greek)
pornographia (Latin)
Pornography.
pornographie (French)
Pornography.
pornography (English)
(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.].