Where does “pineoblastoma” come from?
pineoblastoma (English) comes from English pineal gland, from English gland, from French glande, from Old French glandre, from Latin glāndula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pineoblastoma (English): A tumor of the pineal gland
Definitions
- A tumor of the pineal gland
Ancestry of “pineoblastoma”, step by step
pineoblastoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pineal gland
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pineal gland | A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found... |
| 2 | English | gland | An organ that synthesizes a substance, such as... |
| 3 | French | glande | gland; swollen lymph node; tumor, growth |
| 4 | Old French | glandre | — |
| 5 | Latin | glāndula | a little acorn |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English blastoma
| 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- | — |