Etymology

-blast

Today it means: an immature cell or tissue Full definition →

Ancient Greek βλᾰστός (blăstós)
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  1. Ancient Greekβλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō)
  2. Ancient Greekβλᾰστός (blăstós)
  3. English today-blast

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βλᾰστός (blăstós, “germ, sprout”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβλᾰστός all →

blast

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.