Where does “blastula” come from?

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

Ancestry of “blastula”, 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

Words derived from “blastula”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Ancient Greek -τός →Every word from Ancient Greek βλαστός →