Gonorrhea
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early 16th century: via late Latin from Greek gonorrhoia, from gonos ‘semen’ + rhoia ‘flux’.
wiktionary
From New Latin, from Late Latin gonorrhoia, from Ancient Greek γονόρροια(gonórrhoia), from γόνος(gónos, “sperm, seed, offspring”) + ῥοία(rhoía, “flow”) (ca. 1526).
etymonline
gonorrhea (n.)
also gonorrhoea, 1520s, from Late Latin gonorrhoia, from Greek gonos "seed" (see gonad) + rhoe "flow," from rhein "to flow" (from PIE root *sreu- "to flow"). Mucus discharge was mistaken for semen. In early records often Gomoria, etc., from folk etymology association with biblical Gomorrah. Related: Gonorrheal; gonorrhoeal.
