Erection
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late Middle English: from Latin erectio(n- ), from erigere ‘set up’ (see erect).
wiktionary
Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē-(“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.
etymonline
erection (n.)
mid-15c., "establishment; advancement," from Late Latin erectionem (nominative erectio), noun of action from past participle stem of erigere "to set up, erect" (see erect (adj.)). Meanings "the putting up" (of a building, etc.), "stiffening of the penis" (also sometimes of the turgidity and rigidity of the clitoris) are both from 1590s.
