The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμασχάλη“armpit”
- English todaymaschalagnia
From maschal- (“armpit”) + -lagnia (“sexual attraction to”), from Ancient Greek μασχάλη (maskhálē, “armpit”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμασχάλη all →
maschal-maschaladenitismaschalephidrosismaschaloncusmaschalyperidrosistragomaschalia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.