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Where does “blastúl” come from?

blastúl (Irish) comes from Ancient Greek βλαστός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

blastúl (Irish): blastula

Definitions

  1. blastula

Ancestry of “blastúl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekβλαστόςsprout, shoot, bud; offspring, scion
2Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
3Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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