Where does “meroblastic” come from?
meroblastic (English) comes from English meroblast, from English BLAST, from Middle English blast, from Old English blǣst, from Proto-Germanic blēstuz, from Proto-Germanic blēsaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
meroblastic (English): that undergoes only partial cleavage
Definitions
- that undergoes only partial cleavage
Ancestry of “meroblastic”, step by step
meroblastic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meroblast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meroblast | An ovum that has both germinal and nutritive... |
| 2 | English | BLAST | An algorithm which compares similarities between... |
| 3 | Middle English | blast | A blast; a sudden and forceful motion of wind;... |
| 4 | Old English | blǣst | windgust; blowing, blast |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blēstuz | blast, burst of wind, breeze |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blēsaną | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via French méroblastique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | méroblastique | — |