The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ“windpipe; artery”
- Latin · derived fromartēria“a windpipe; an artery”
- Old French · derived fromartaire
- Middle English · inherited fromarterie
- English todayartere
Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englisharterie all →
artery
Old Frenchartaire all →
artery
Latinartēria all →
arteryarteriaarteriolearteri-arteria innominata
Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ all →
arteryarteria
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.