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Origin and history of anus

anus(n.)

"inferior opening of the alimentary canal," 1650s, from Old French anus, from Latin anus "ring, anus," from PIE root *āno- "ring." So called for its shape; compare Greek daktylios "anus," literally "ring (for the finger)," from daktylos "finger."

also from 1650s

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anal(adj.)

1769, from Modern Latin analis "of the anus;" see anus. Anal-retentive is attested by 1957 in psychological jargon. Anal sex attested as such from 1966.

annelid(n.)

"segmented worm," 1834, from French annélide, source of the phylum name Annelida, coined 1801 in Modern Latin by French naturalist J.B.P. Lamarck, from annelés "ringed ones" (from Latin anulus "little ring," a diminutive of anus "ring;" see anus) + Greek eidos "form, shape" (see -oid).

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