Where does “cartilage” come from?

cartilage (Old French) comes from Latin cartilāgō, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

cartilage (Old French): cartilage

Definitions

  1. cartilage

Ancestry of “cartilage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincartilāgōCartilage, gristle
2Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
3Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert- →Every word from Latin cartilāgō →