English
gastrula
Gastrula comes from German Gastrula.
- Germanc. 1650–presentGastrula
- Englishtodaygastrula
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentGastrula
- Englishtodaygastrula
The story
From German Gastrula, coined by Ernst Haeckel in his 1872 work "Biology of Calcareous Sponges".
Every English word from German Gastrula
Today it means
noun A stage in the development of embryos of most animals consisting of a three-layered sac of ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Gastrula / gastrula