Inguinal
/ˈɪŋ.ɡwɪ.nəl/noun
Relating to the groin.
Did you know?Inguinal comes from Latin *inguen* meaning “groin,” a term preserved in anatomy for centuries with almost no semantic drift.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵenu-
“knee; bend of the body”
Latin
Latin
inguen
“groin”
Late Latin
Latin
inguinalis
“of the groin”
Middle English
English
ingwenal / inguinal
“pertaining to the groin”
Modern English
English
inguinal
“relating to the groin”
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