Where does the word "masochism" come from, and how did it work its way into popular usage?
We all know that The Marquis de Sade popularized the term 'sadist' via "120 days of Sodom" and "Justine" - as well as being exemplified by his own devilish lifestyle. How/why was the word 'masochism' popularized?
Masochism is named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and you can get all of the filthy details at that link.
Uh, yeah, it's another eponym, by way of a dude named Masoch, sometimes praised as rather an artiste where de Sade is, by some accounts, fundamentally just a bully.