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Where does “fibrocartilage” come from?

fibrocartilage (English) comes from English cartilage, from French cartilage, from Spanish cartílago, from Portuguese cartílagem, from Latin cartilāgō, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.

fibrocartilage (English): A tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of...

Definitions

  1. A tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of...

Ancestry of “fibrocartilage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcartilageA type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue,...
2Frenchcartilagecartilage
3Spanishcartílagocartilage
4Portuguesecartílagem—
5Latincartilāgō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
7Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →