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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
3Portuguesecartílagem—
4Latincartilāgō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
6Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—

Words derived from “cartilage”

  • fibrocartilage
  • neocartilage
  • cartilagelike
  • cartilaginoid
  • biocartilage
  • kartilago
  • kartilago
  • kartilageskar
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