trakea.
the trachea, windpipe; the cartilaginous airway extending from the larynx to the two main bronchi
Meaning & usage
the trachea, windpipe; the cartilaginous airway extending from the larynx to the two main bronchi
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from New Latin trachea (“windpipe, trachea”), continuing Medieval Latin trāchēa (“windpipe, trachea”), from Late Latin trāchīa (“windpipe, trachea”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă, “rough, rugged”), the substantivized feminine of τρᾱχῠ́ς (trākhŭ́s, “rough, rugged”), and an ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîă ărtērĭ́ā, “rough artery, windpipe”). The name refers to the cartilaginous rings that give the windpipe an uneven or rough structure. The Greek adjective is from Proto-Hellenic *tʰrākʰús (“rough”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰréh₂gʰ-us (“rough”), ultimately from the root *dʰreh₂gʰ- (“to irritate; rough”). Doublet of traké (“arthropod trachea; vessel element in a plant”). Compare Swedish trakea, Finnish trakea, Dutch trachea, German Trachea, Spanish tráquea and English trachea.
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