Etymograph

English

amphiblastula

From amphi- + blastula.

Formed from amphi- + blastula

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi

Ancient Greek ἀμφίς

English amphi-

Ancient Greek βλαστάνω ‘to bud, sprout, grow, properly of plants, but…’

Ancient Greek βλαστός ‘a germ, bud, sprout, shoot’

New Latin blastula

English blastula

Today it means

noun A larva of some sponges that has equal numbers of both flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on opposite sides of the blastula.

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