Where does “endoderm” come from?
Endoderm comes from Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, "within") and δέρμα (dérma, "skin"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁én and der-.
endoderm (English): One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a...
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- One of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a...
Ancestry of “endoderm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | endoderme | endoderm |
| 2 | French | endo- | end-/endo- |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἔνδον | in, within |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | éndon | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dóm | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁n̥dó | into, inside |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “endoderm”