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Where does “βλᾰστός” come from?

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

βλᾰστός (Ancient Greek): sprout, shoot, bud; offspring, scion

Definitions

  1. sprout, shoot, bud; offspring, scion

Ancestry of “βλᾰστός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
2Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “βλᾰστός”

  • fibroblast
  • blastocyst
  • trophoblast
  • neuroblastoma
  • osteoblast
  • lymphoblastic
  • retinoblastoma
  • glioblastoma
  • osteoblastic
  • trophoblastic
  • megaloblastic
  • medulloblastoma
  • blastema
  • blastula
  • epiblast
  • fibroblastic
  • blastoderm
  • myoblast
  • ameloblastoma
  • syncytiotrophoblast
  • hepatoblastoma
  • blastopore
  • cytotrophoblast
  • blastomycosis
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