Where does “anal” come from?
anal (Portuguese) comes from Latin ānālis, from Latin ānus, from Kabuverdianu anos, from Portuguese nós, from Old Portuguese enos, from Old Portuguese os, from Vulgar Latin *lōs, from Latin illōs — that.
anal (Portuguese): annual, yearly; something that happens once a...
Definitions
- annual, yearly; something that happens once a...
Ancestry of “anal”, step by step
anal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin ānālis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ānālis | anal |
| 2 | Latin | ānus | a ring |
| 3 | Kabuverdianu | anos | we, first person plural |
| 4 | Portuguese | nós | we; us; "first-person plural objective personal... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | enos | — |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | os | the |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | *lōs | — |
| 8 | Latin | illōs | — |
| 9 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 10 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |