English
allantoid
Allantoid comes from Koine Greek ἀλλαντοειδής ‘sausage-shaped’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἀλλᾶς.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀλλᾶςallâs‘sausage’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἀλλαντοειδήςallantoeidḗs‘sausage-shaped’
- Renaissance Latinc. 1300–1500allantoides
- Frenchc. 1600–presentallantoïde
- Englishearliest quotation 1791allantoid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀλλᾶςallâs‘sausage’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEἀλλαντοειδήςallantoeidḗs‘sausage-shaped’
- Renaissance Latinc. 1300–1500allantoides
- Frenchc. 1600–presentallantoïde
- Englishearliest quotation 1791allantoid
Earliest quotation: 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation: “The allantoide in some animals seems to have become…”
Equivalent to allant- + -oid
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἀλλᾶς
Today it means
noun The allantois.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἀλλᾶς / allantoid