yvanspijk, 'Right' and 'rectum' have a common origin. 'Right' comes from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (straight; right; just).
This word shared a common Proto-Indo-European ancestor with Latin 'rēctus' (straight; right; just), from which the medical term 'rectum' (straight terminal part of the large intestine) was derived.
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