The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχόνδρος“grain, seed, groats, gristle, cartilage”
- English todaychondr-
From Latinized form of Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, seed, groats, gristle, cartilage”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.