Etymograph

English

haematoplastic

From haemato- + plastic.

A compound of haemato- + plastic

Ancient Greek αἷμα ‘blood’

English haemato-

Ancient Greek πλάσσω ‘to mold’

Ancient Greek πλαστικός ‘fit for moulding’

Latin plasticus ‘of molding’

English plastic

Today it means

adj blood-formative

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / haematoplastic