The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄγκος“tumor”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμασχάλη“armpit”
- English todaymaschaloncus
From maschal- (“armpit”) + -oncus (“tumor”), from Ancient Greek μασχάλη (maskhálē, “armpit”) and Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “tumor”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμασχάλη all →
maschal-maschaladenitismaschalagniamaschalephidrosismaschalyperidrosistragomaschalia
Ancient Greekὄγκος all →
onchocerciasisarthroncusgonyoncusonco-oncotic-oncusparophthalmoncussialadenoncusstaphyloncus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.