• n. （尤指女性的）外生殖器；外陰

來自拉丁語pudendum,陰部，羞恥區(qū)，來自pudere,感到羞恥，感到害羞，來自pudare,剪枝，思考，來自PIE*pu,擊，打，思考，詞源同pave,compute,repute.該詞常見于復(fù)數(shù)形式pudenda.

pudendum (n.)

"external genitals," late 14c. (pudenda), from Latin pudendum (plural pudenda), literally "thing to be ashamed of," neuter gerundive of pudere "make ashamed; be ashamed," from PIE root *(s)peud- "to punish, repulse." Translated into Old English as scamlim ("shame-limb"); in Middle English also anglicized as pudende (early 15c.). Related: Pudendal.