"porn-" meaning in English

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Prefix

IPA: /pɔːn/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: pôrn [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From πορν- (porn-), the stem of the Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”). Etymology templates: {{m|grc||πορν-}} πορν- (porn-), {{der|en|grc|πόρνη||prostitute}} Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} porn-, {{en-prefix}} porn-
  1. (rare) prostitute Tags: morpheme, rare Derived forms: pornerastic, pornocracy, pornocrat, pornosophical
    Sense id: en-porn--en-prefix-um-wGpPt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

IPA: /pɔːn/ [Received-Pronunciation]
enPR: pôrn [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From porn(ography) and porn(ographer), both ultimately also from πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”), as porn-¹. Etymology templates: {{m|en|pornography|porn(ography)}} porn(ography), {{m|en|pornographer|porn(ographer)}} porn(ographer), {{m|grc|πόρνη||prostitute}} πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} porn-, {{en-prefix}} porn-
  1. Relating to or constituting pornography. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Pornography
    Sense id: en-porn--en-prefix-l7AEi9Ya Disambiguation of Pornography: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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