cartilaginous

The story

1. Latin · borrowed fromcartilāginōsus“full of cartilage, very gristly”
2. English todaycartilaginous

Borrowed from Latin cartilāginōsus (“full of cartilage, very gristly”), from cartilāgō (“cartilage, gristle”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”); compare French cartilagineux. Equivalent to cartilage + -ous, with modifications made to its morphology.