Etymograph

English

adanal

From ad- + anal.

A compound of ad- + anal

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd ‘near, at’

Proto-Italic *ad ‘toward, to, on, up to, for’

Latin ad ‘to, towards’

English ad-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos ‘ring’

Proto-Italic *ānos ‘ring’

Latin ānus ‘an ankle cuff’

Latin ānālis

English anal

Today it means

adj Near or beside the anus.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / adanal