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Where does “myeloblastosis” come from?

myeloblastosis (English) comes from English myeloblast, 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-.

myeloblastosis (English): The presence of an abnormally large number of...

Definitions

  1. The presence of an abnormally large number of...

Ancestry of “myeloblastosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmyeloblastAn immature cell of bone marrow that develops...
2EnglishBLASTAn algorithm which compares similarities between...
3Middle EnglishblastA blast; a sudden and forceful motion of wind;...
4Old Englishblǣstwindgust; blowing, blast
5Proto-Germanicblēstuzblast, burst of wind, breeze
6Proto-Germanicblēsanąto blow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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