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OP Yes, both groin and quoin are wedges.. one can be a anatomical, (groin area)-- quoins are corner blocks-- wedges of different sort, joining two walls..
coin joins in from the kind of wedge shaped "presses" used to create coins-- the money..
and the latin root of cuneus... (wedge) also show up in anatomical words.. and cuniform as Dr. bill pointed out.
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