Etymology

anodyspareunia

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Today it means: Pain accompanying receptive anal sexual intercourse. Full definition →

English dyspareunia ← Latin ānus ← Proto-Italic *ānos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eh₂nos
  2. Proto-Italic*ānos
  3. Latinānus
  4. Englishano-
  5. Englishdyspareunia
  6. English todayanodyspareunia

From ano- + dyspareunia, introduced in a 1998 academic journal (see also ).

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