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Where does “βλαστάνω” come from?

βλαστάνω (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek βλαστός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

βλαστάνω (Ancient Greek): To sprout, bud, begin to grow; To produce,...

Definitions

  1. To sprout, bud, begin to grow; To produce,...

Ancestry of “βλαστάνω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβλαστόςsprout, shoot, bud; offspring, scion
2Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
3Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “βλαστάνω”

  • blastema
  • blastemal
  • blastemic
  • ablastemic
  • blastematic
  • βλάστημα
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