Where does “cartilage” come from?

Cartilage comes from French cartilage, from Latin cartilago, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, meaning to turn or bend.

cartilage (English): A type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue,...

Definitions

  1. A type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue,...

Ancestry of “cartilage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcartilagecartilage
2Spanishcartílagocartilage
3Portuguesecartílagemcartilage
4LatincartilāgōCartilage, gristle
5Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
6Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

Words derived from “cartilage”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert- →Every word from Latin cartilāgō →