Where does “anusa” come from?

anusa (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto anuso, from French anus, from Latin ānus, from Kabuverdianu anos, from Portuguese nós, from Old Portuguese enos, from Old Portuguese os, from Vulgar Latin *lōs — that.

anusa (Esperanto): anal

Definitions

  1. anal

Ancestry of “anusa”, step by step

anusa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto anuso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoanusoanus
2Frenchanusanus
3Latinānusa ring
4Kabuverdianuanoswe, first person plural
5Portuguesenóswe; us; "first-person plural objective personal...
6Old Portugueseenos—
7Old Portugueseosthe
8Vulgar Latin*lōs—
9Latinillōs—
10Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
11LatinolleArchaic form of ille
12Proto-Italic*olnosthat

via Old Javanese nūsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesenūsaisland
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannusa—
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →Every word from Latin olle →Every word from Latin ille →