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Thread #97069   Message #2851709
Posted By: Amos
27-Feb-10 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: A new CONDOM thread!!
Subject: RE: BS: A new CONDOM thread!!
John:

Your hypothesis, while apparently consistent, is not based on any etymological connection I can think of. As far as I know the etymology of the word "condom" is unknown...

"condom
1706, traditionally named for a British physician during reign of Charles II, but there is no evidence for that. Also spelled condam, quondam, which suggests it may be from It. guantone, from guanto "a glove." A word not used openly in the U.S. and not advertised in mass media until November 1986 speech by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop on AIDS prevention."

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