The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀδήν“gland”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμασχάλη“armpit”
- English todaymaschaladenitis
From maschal- (“armpit”) + aden- (“gland”) + -itis (“inflammation”), from Ancient Greek μασχάλη (maskhálē, “armpit”), Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”), and -itis (“inflammation”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμασχάλη all →
maschal-maschalagniamaschalephidrosismaschaloncusmaschalyperidrosistragomaschalia
Ancient Greekἀδήν all →
adeninelymphadenopathyadeniformadeno-adenocysticsialadenoncus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.