Etymology

chondrigen

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Today it means: A substance formerly thought to be the main chemical component of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χόνδρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχόνδρος“cartilage”
  2. English todaychondrigen

Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “cartilage”) + -gen. By surface analysis, chondri- + -gen.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχόνδρος all →

chondritechondrulechondrechondrio-chondro-chondrosinchondrus

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