Etymology

blastoporal

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Today it means: Pertaining to a blastopore; blastoporic. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English blastopore ← Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekβλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō)
  2. Ancient Greekβλαστός (blastós)
  3. Englishblasto-
  4. Englishpore
  5. Englishblastopore
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  8. English todayblastoporal

From blastopore + -al.

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