porno-, porn- (Greek: harlot, prostitute).Originally, according to one source, porno meant, "bought, purchased, exported, sold"; prostitutes in ancient Greece were often victims of the slave trade. According to Ernest Klein, in his Klein's Comprehensive Etymological Dicionary of the English Language, "The Greek element originally meant 'bought, purchased', and is related to another Greek word that meant, 'I sell', properly, 'I give for equal value.' "philopornism:
philopornist:
porn:
pornerastic:
porno:
pornocracy:
pornocrat:
pornogenitone:
pornogenitore:
pornograph:
pornographer:
pornographic:
pornographically:
pornographist:
pornography:
pornolagnia:
pornological:
pornologist:
pornology:
pornoseptuagenarian:
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