The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμᾰστοειδής“like a breast”
- New Latin · borrowed frommastoīdēs
- English todaymastoid
Borrowed from New Latin mastoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μᾰστοειδής (măstoeidḗs, “like a breast”), from μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.