Loins
/lɔɪnz/noun
The area of the body between the ribs and hips, especially the lower back and groin.
Did you know?English loins comes through Old French from Latin lumbus, and the word has long carried a charged, bodily sense in scripture and ritual language because it names the body’s generative center.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lend-
“Lower back, loin area.”
Latin
Latin
lumbus
“The loin or lower back.”
Old French
Old French
loigne
“The loin; the fleshy part of the lower back and hips.”
Middle English
English
loyn / loin
“The loins or lower back region.”
Modern English
English
loins
“The area of the body between the ribs and hips, especially the lower back and groin.”
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