dildo（n.）
"人工阴茎，用于女性满足"，1590年代，一个起源不明的词。传统的猜测包括意大利语 deletto "delight"（来自拉丁语 dilectio，动作名词，意为"高度尊重，热爱"； 参见 diligence）的变形或英语 diddle 的变形。这些猜测似乎都不太令人信服（弗洛里奥的词典用 dildo 来解释许多词语，但 diletto 不是其中之一）。《世纪词典》或许更接近实质：
A term of obscure cant or slang origin, used in old ballads and plays as a mere refrain or nonsense-word; also used, from its vagueness, as a substitute for various obscene terms and in various obscene meanings. [1895]
一个起源不明的黑话或俚语术语，在古老的民谣和戏剧中作为一个简单的副歌或无意义的词语使用； 由于其模糊性，也被用作各种淫秽术语的替代品和各种淫秽含义。[1895]
这个词在这个意义上的最早使用，也可能是它流行的开始，似乎是通过纳什：
"Curse Eunuke dilldo, senceless counterfet" ["Choise of Valentines or the Merie Ballad of Nash his Dildo," T. Nashe, c. 1593]
其他早期形式包括 dildoides（1675年）， dildidoes（1607年）。中古英语有 dillidoun（名词）"心爱的人，宠物"（15世纪中叶），来自古诺尔斯语 dilla "哄骗"（因此 dillindo "摇篮曲"）。如果这是琼森在"Cynthia's Revels"中的那个词，那个意义可能在伊丽莎白时代仍然存在：
Chorus: Good Mercury defend vs.
Phan.: From perfum'd Dogs, Monkeys, Sparrowes, Dildos, and Parachitos.
而 dildin 似乎是1675年一部戏剧中的一个"情人"的术语：
Mir.: Here comes a lusty Wooer, my dildin, my darling.
Here comes a lusty Wooer Lady bright and shining.
这个东西本身更古老。古典拉丁语中的一个词是 fascinum（参见 fascinate）。在后来的英语中，有时会使用法语词 godemiché（1879年）。18世纪也用于类似于 dildo pear（1756年）、dildo cactus（1792年）的东西。
莎士比亚在"A Winter's Tale"中玩弄了这个词的双重意义，性玩具和民谣副歌：
SERVANT: He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes; no
milliner can so fit his customers with gloves: he
has the prettiest love-songs for maids; so without
bawdry, which is strange; with such delicate
burthens of dildos and fadings, 'jump her and thump
her;' and where some stretch-mouthed rascal would,
as it were, mean mischief and break a foul gap into
the matter, he makes the maid to answer 'Whoop, do me
no harm, good man;' puts him off, slights him, with
'Whoop, do me no harm, good man.'
SERVANT: He hath songs for man or woman, of all sizes; no
milliner can so fit his customers with gloves: he
has the prettiest love-songs for maids; so without
bawdry, which is strange; with such delicate
burthens of dildos and fadings, 'jump her and thump
her; ' and where some stretch-mouthed rascal would,
as it were, mean mischief and break a foul gap into
the matter, he makes the maid to answer 'Whoop, do me
no harm, good man; ' puts him off, slights him, with
'Whoop, do me no harm, good man.'
该词起源时间：1590年代