Where does “-blast” come from?
-blast (Irish) comes from Irish blast, from Ancient Greek βλαστός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
-blast (Irish): -blast
Ancestry of “-blast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | blast | blast |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βλαστός | sprout, shoot, bud; offspring, scion |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
Words derived from “-blast”