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Where does “blastapór” come from?

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

blastapór (Irish): blastopore

Definitions

  1. blastopore

Ancestry of “blastapór”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishblasta-blasto-
2Ancient GreekβλαστάνωTo sprout, bud, begin to grow; To produce,...
3Ancient Greekβλαστόςsprout, shoot, bud; offspring, scion
4Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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