embryo

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἔμβρυον“fetus”
2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromembryō
3. English todayembryo

Borrowed from Medieval Latin embryō, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “fetus”), from ἐν (en, “in-”) + βρύω (brúō, “to grow, swell”).

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