English
intercartilaginous
From inter- + cartilaginous.
Formed from inter- + cartilaginous
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Latin cartilāgō ‘cartilage, gristle’
Latin cartilāginōsus ‘full of cartilage, very gristly’
English cartilaginous
Today it means
adj Within cartilage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / intercartilaginous