Some things bug me...
Is the word pants plural because it covers your genitals?
Genitals is the singular of the word, but remove the 's' and it becomes genital, and adjective, so showing less reveals more?
Interestingly, it even carries over to the term private parts. Which of course, occur in one's private part. Of course, Latin has pudenda ("the thing one should feel shame about"), which was used more commonly than the singular, pudendum. Also with genitalia (pl) vs genitale (sin), the situation being called a plurale tantum.
Speaking of odd things, the word penis comes from the latin term for 'tail" (the translation of both meanings is apparently retained, as in the dogs tail, and getting some tail). The middlle english term was 'yard' (hehe), which also meant a staff, the old english was teors (related to calamus-flag), or waepan (yes, as in weapon). Naughty words really haven't changed in form too much. Although ass, descending from arse, possibly comes from the 'ears' part of 'earsgang'.
Genitals is the singular of the word, but remove the 's' and it becomes genital, and adjective, so showing less reveals more?
Interestingly, it even carries over to the term private parts. Which of course, occur in one's private part. Of course, Latin has pudenda ("the thing one should feel shame about"), which was used more commonly than the singular, pudendum. Also with genitalia (pl) vs genitale (sin), the situation being called a plurale tantum.
Speaking of odd things, the word penis comes from the latin term for 'tail" (the translation of both meanings is apparently retained, as in the dogs tail, and getting some tail). The middlle english term was 'yard' (hehe), which also meant a staff, the old english was teors (related to calamus-flag), or waepan (yes, as in weapon). Naughty words really haven't changed in form too much. Although ass, descending from arse, possibly comes from the 'ears' part of 'earsgang'.