English
tracheid
Tracheid comes from German Tracheïde.
- Germanc. 1650–presentTracheïde
- Englishtodaytracheid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentTracheïde
- Englishtodaytracheid
Formed from trachea + -id
Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ ‘windpipe, trachea’
Medieval Latin trāchēa ‘the windpipe’
English trachea
Every English word from German Tracheïde
Today it means
noun A tracheid cell.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Tracheïde / tracheid