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Where does the word "cartilage" come from? It comes from Latin cartilago, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "cartilage" come from? It comes from Latin cartilago, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Cartilage’s story begins in Latin: cartilago meant “gristle, cartilage.” The flexible connective tissue found in joints and the ear. It reached English by 1400s as cartilage. Settled as the English word for the flexible connective tissue. Today, cartilage means a flexible connective tissue found in joints, the ear, and other body parts.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient cartilago "gristle, cartilage", the flexible connective tissue found in joints and the ear.
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s cartilage "a flexible connective tissue found in joints", settled as the English word for the flexible connective tissue.