Where does “planoblast” come from?
planoblast (English) comes from English plano-, from Latin plānus, from Ancient Greek πλάνος, from Ancient Greek πλανάω, from Proto-Indo-European pl-néh₂-ti.
planoblast (English): Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a...
Definitions
- Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a...
Ancestry of “planoblast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | plano- | Alternative form of plani- |
| 2 | Latin | plānus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πλάνος | wandering |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλανάω | to make to wander, lead wandering about; to lead... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pl-néh₂-ti | — |