The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁eh₂nos“ring”
- Latin · borrowed fromānus“ring, anus”
- Middle French · borrowed fromanus
- English todayanus
Either from Middle French anus or Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos (“ring”). First attested in 1658. See also anal, annular, annelid.
Words from the same roots
Latinānus all →
ano-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.