The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσφιγκτήρ“something which binds”
- Latin · derived fromspintria“male prostitute”
- English todayspintrian
From Latin spintria (“male prostitute”), from Ancient Greek σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “something which binds”), referring to the anal sphincter.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.