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
- An early form in the development of an embryo,...
Ancestry of “blastula”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | New Latin | blastula | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βλαστός | sprout, shoot, bud; offspring, scion |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “blastula”