The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμασχάλη“armpit”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτράγος“he-goat”
- English todaytragomaschalia
From trag(us) (“goat”) + -o- + maschal- (“armpit”) + -ia, from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”) and Ancient Greek μασχάλη (maskhálē, “armpit”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτράγος all →
tragustragopantragopogontragalism
Ancient Greekμασχάλη all →
maschal-maschaladenitismaschalagniamaschalephidrosismaschaloncusmaschalyperidrosis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.