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Where does “blastula” come from?

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

blastula (English): An early form in the development of an embryo,...

Definitions

  1. An early form in the development of an embryo,...

Ancestry of “blastula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinblastula—
2Ancient Greekβλαστόςsprout, shoot, bud; offspring, scion
3Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “blastula”

  • midblastula
  • coeloblastula
  • stereoblastula
  • archiblastula
  • blastular
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