I have always wondered how the English word got the term: “Sodomy” from? From whence was it derived? Latin?
And if it were Latin, how did the Latin speakers think of using that word?
What does it have to do with Latin?
The meaning of Sodom is the same in all of the semitic languages.
Ummm, you are kidding right?
The sin of SODOM is called sodomy. No great mystery as to the etymology of the word--as the Western world and her languages have been influenced by Christianity and the Bible for 2,000 years now....
Legally though, in English law, "sodomy" was considered any un-natural sex (which was anything other than vaginal intercourse), whether it was between 2 men or a man and a woman.
Since the Supreme Court though, 10 years ago, declared homosexual sodomy a constitutional right....the legal definition of sodomy is moot.