somnophilia

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What does somnophilia mean?

A paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious.

Where does somnophilia come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swep- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *swépnos Proto-Italic *swepnos Latin somnusder. English somn- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English somno- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English somnophilia From somno- + -philia.

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