Etymology

gastrula

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Today it means: A stage in the development of embryos of most animals consisting of a three-layered sac of ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm. Full definition →

German Gastrula ← Ancient Greek γαστήρ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγαστήρ“stomach”
  2. German · borrowed fromGastrula
  3. English todaygastrula

From German Gastrula, coined by Ernst Haeckel in his 1872 work "Biology of Calcareous Sponges". From gastr- (from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + Latin -ula.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγαστήρ all →

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