English

anal sex

From anal + sex.

A compound of anal + sex

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂nos ‘ring’

Proto-Italic *ānos ‘ring’

Latin ānus ‘an ankle cuff’

Latin ānālis

English anal

Latin sexus ‘gender; males or females’

Old French sexe ‘genitals; gender’

Middle English sexe ‘sex, gender’

English sex

The story

First use appears c. 1970 in the American Sociological Review.

noun A sexual activity involving stimulation of a sexual partner's anus or rectum, especially by penetration with the penis or an object.

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

Etymograph / anal sex