Editing Condom (section)

=== Etymology and other terms ===
The term ''condom'' first appears in the early 18th century: early forms include ''condum'' (1706 and 1717), ''condon'' (1708) and ''cundum'' (1744).<ref name="oed">{{OED|condom, n. }}</ref> The word's etymology is unknown. In popular tradition, the invention and naming of the condom came to be attributed to an associate of England's [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]], one "Dr. Condom" or "Earl of Condom". There is however no evidence of the existence of such a person, and condoms had been used for over one hundred years before King Charles II acceded to the throne in 1660.<ref name="collier" />{{Rp|54,68}}

A variety of unproven Latin etymologies have been proposed, including {{lang|la|condon}} (receptacle),<ref name=condon>{{cite journal |last1=James |first1=Susan |last2=Kepron |first2=Charis |title=Of Lemons, Yams and Crocodile Dung: A Brief History of Birth Control |journal=University of Toronto Medical Journal |volume=79 |issue=2 |pages=156–158 |date=March 2002 |url=http://www.utmj.org/issues/79.2/Historical.pdf |access-date=26 July 2009|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20061013222550/http://www.utmj.org/issues/79.2/Historical.pdf|archive-date = 13 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> {{lang|la|condamina}} (house),<ref>{{cite journal |last=Thundy |first=Zacharias P |title=The Etymology of Condom |journal=American Speech |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=177–179 |date=Summer 1985 |doi=10.2307/455309 |jstor=455309}}</ref> and {{lang|la|cumdum}} (scabbard or case).<ref name="collier" />{{Rp|70–1}} It has also been speculated to be from the Italian word ''guantone'', derived from ''guanto'', meaning glove.<ref name="oetyd">{{cite web |last=Harper |first=Douglas |title=Condom |work=Online Etymology Dictionary |date=November 2001 |url=http://etymonline.com/?term=condom |access-date=7 April 2007 |archive-date=20 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720132643/http://etymonline.com/?term=condom |url-status=live }}</ref> William E. Kruck wrote an article in 1981 concluding that, "As for the word 'condom', I need state only that its origin remains completely unknown, and there ends this search for an etymology."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kruck |first=William E | author-link = American Dialect Society |title=Looking for Dr Condom |journal=Publication of the American Dialect Society |volume=66 |issue=7 |pages=1–105 |year=1981}}</ref> Modern dictionaries may also list the etymology as "unknown".<ref name="oed"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Condom |work=[[Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary]] |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/condom |access-date=26 July 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424232222/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/condom |archive-date=24 April 2009}}</ref>

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Other terms are also commonly used to describe condoms. In North America condoms are also commonly known as ''[[prophylactics]]'', or ''rubbers''. In Britain they may be called ''French letters''<ref>{{cite web |title=French letter |work=[[Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary]] |publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]] |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/french%20letter |access-date=26 July 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424023036/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/french%20letter |archive-date=24 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{OED|French letter, n. }}</ref> or ''rubber johnnies''.<ref>{{OED|rubber johnny, n. }}</ref> Additionally, condoms may be referred to using the manufacturer's name.