Where does “scleroblastema” come from?
scleroblastema (Italian) comes from English blastema, from Ancient Greek βλάστημα, from Ancient Greek βλαστάνω, from Ancient Greek βλαστός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
scleroblastema (Italian): scleroblastema mass of undifferentiated cells from which the skeleton develops
Definitions
- scleroblastema mass of undifferentiated cells from which the skeleton develops
Ancestry of “scleroblastema”, step by step
scleroblastema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blastema
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blastema | A clump of undifferentiated cells or blasts, from... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βλάστημα | sprout, shoot; offspring, offshoot; excrescence,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βλαστάνω | To sprout, bud, begin to grow; To produce,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βλαστός | sprout, shoot, bud; offspring, scion |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τός | creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Italian sclero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sclero | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Italian | sclerare | To throw a fit, go bananas, do one's nut |
| 3 | Italian | arteriosclerosi | arteriosclerosis |