alimentary canal的词源

英文词源

anus (n.): "inferior opening of the alimentary canal," 1650s, from Old French anus, from Latin anus "ring, anus," from PIE root *ano- "ring." So called for its shape; compare Greek daktylios "anus," literally "ring (for the finger)," from daktylos "finger."
agastric: "Lacking, or apparently lacking, a stomach or an alimentary canal; characterized by this", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Anti-Jacobin Review. From a- + gastric, probably after French agastrique.

来自词根al, 生长，滋养，同old. -ment,名词后缀。-ary, 形容词后缀。canal，渠。

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