Etymology of the English word loincloth
the English word loincloth
derived from the English word loin
derived from the Old French word loigne
derived from the Classical Latin word lumbus (loins; loins as the seat of sexual excitement)
derived from the Medieval Latin word longia
derived from the Vulgar Latin word lumbra
derived from the Latin root *lumbea caro
derived from the Latin root *lumbeus
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *landwin-