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Where does “oistéablast” come from?

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

oistéablast (Irish): osteoblast

Definitions

  1. osteoblast

Ancestry of “oistéablast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-blast-blast
2Irishblastblast
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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