Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Any of the anal scales of a reptile. · Anal sex.
To penetrate anally.
Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. · Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region. · Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. · Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos Proto-Italic *ānos Latin ānus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin ānālisbor. English anal Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al. Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.
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- Borrowed-form mentionānālisla
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