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sinus
1597, "abscess, sore," from M.L.
sinus,
from L.
sinus
"bend, fold, curve." Meaning "hollow curve or cavity in the body" is attested from 1672.
Sinusitis
"inflammation of a sinus" is recorded from 1896.