trachea

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi

2. 2
   noun

   one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids

3. 3
   noun

   A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.

4. 4
   noun

   The xylem vessel.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₂gʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰréh₂gʰ-us Proto-Hellenic *tʰrākʰús Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)bor. Late Latin trāchīa Medieval Latin trāchēader. Middle English English trachea From late Middle English, from Medieval Latin trāchēa (“the windpipe”) (also borrowed as Late Latin trāchīa), from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîă ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe, trachea”).

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