maschalyperidrosis

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἱδρώς“sweat”
2. New Latin · borrowed fromhidrōsis
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑπέρ“over, excessive”
4. Ancient Greek · derived fromμασχάλη“armpit, axilla”
5. English todaymaschalyperidrosis

From maschal- (“axilla”) + (hy)per- (“over, excessive”) + (h)idrosis (“sweating”), from Ancient Greek μασχάλη (maskhálē, “armpit, axilla”), Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”), and New Latin hidrōsis, from Ancient Greek ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”) + -sis; also synchronically held to end in the suffix -osis.

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