The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὄρχις“testicle, ovary, orchid”
- English todayorchitis
From orchi- (“testicular”) + -itis (“inflammation”), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “testicle, ovary, orchid”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὄρχις all →
orchidorchisorchidectomyanorchiaorchialgiaorchotomy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.