Where does “neuroblastoma” come from?
Neuroblastoma comes from English neuro- and -blastoma, where -blastoma derives from Ancient Greek blastós meaning sprout, from blastánein to sprout, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- to spin or flow.
neuroblastoma (English): A form of cancer that affects the ganglia in...
Definitions
- A form of cancer that affects the ganglia in...
Ancestry of “neuroblastoma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blastoma | A tumour that is caused by malignancies in... |
| 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- | — |