English
thyroblast
Thyroblast comes from Ancient Greek βλᾰστός ‘sprout, shoot, bud’, and goes back to βλαστός.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβλαστόςblastós‘germ, sprout’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEβλᾰστᾰ́νωblăstắnō‘to sprout, bud, begin to grow’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEβλᾰστόςblăstós‘sprout, shoot, bud’
- Englishtodaythyroblast
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEβλαστόςblastós‘germ, sprout’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEβλᾰστᾰ́νωblăstắnō‘to sprout, bud, begin to grow’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEβλᾰστόςblăstós‘sprout, shoot, bud’
- Englishtodaythyroblast
A compound of thyro- + -blast
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
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Ancient Greek εἶδος
Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής ‘Shield-shaped’
New Latin thyreoīdēs
English thyroid
English thyro-
Every English word from Ancient Greek βλαστός
Today it means
noun An immature thyroid cell
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek βλαστός / thyroblast