English
fibrocartilaginous
From fibro- + cartilaginous.
A compound of fibro- + cartilaginous
Latin cartilāgō ‘cartilage, gristle’
Latin cartilāginōsus ‘full of cartilage, very gristly’
English cartilaginous
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to fibrocartilage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fibrocartilaginous