The Origin of Dildo
As per the Cambridge, Dictionary Dildo is an object shaped like and used in place of a penis, for giving sexual pleasure. While the exact origins of Dildo’s name are shrouded in mystery, the word was widely used in the 18th century to describe anything cylindrical (test tubes, corks, etc.). But the word’s origin dates as far back as the 1590s, when it was used as a bastardized form of Italian diletto meaning "delight". The name is unmistakably penetrating! Another theory goes that dildo got its name from Dill-doll: an Old English term taken from the old Norse word ‘dilla’, a verb meaning ‘to soothe’. Then a dill-doll would be a soothing doll, or in this case an effigy of a member. Some say that dildo came from Dil doul: a phrase that referred to a man’s penis as used in the 17th-century ballad “The Maids Complaint about the want of a Dil Doul” According to Wikipedia , the word dildo referred to a phallus-shaped peg used to lock an oar in ...