An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Anatomy: The depression on either side of the front of the body between the thigh and the abdomen.

Etymology (EN): M.E. grynde “groin,” originally “depression in the ground,” from O.E. grynde “abyss,” perhaps also “depression, hollow,” related to → ground.

Etymology (PE): Kašâl, kašâlé, literally “side, edge, margin,” cf. Dari Kermâni kašâr, Kermâni kešâl “side, edge,” from kašidan “to draw, pull, trace, trail,” → galaxy.