chondrio-

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχόνδρος“grain, seed, groats, gristle, cartilage”
2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromχονδρίον
3. English todaychondrio-

From chondrion (“granule, mitochondrion component”) (former name for mitochondria, coined in German by Carl Benda in 1898, from Ancient Greek χονδρίον (khondríon), from Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, seed, groats, gristle, cartilage”).

Words from the same roots