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Origin and history of anal

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.

also from 1769

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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."

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