blastoderm etymology

English word blastoderm comes from English -derm (Skin or covering.), English blasto- (Bud; budding; germination.)

Detailed word origin of blastoderm

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-derm English (eng) Skin or covering.
blasto- English (eng) Bud; budding; germination.
blastoderm English (eng) (embryology) The germination point in an ovum from whence the embryo develops.

Words with the same origin as blastoderm

Descendants of -derm
arthroderm blastodermal blastodermic cytoderm ectoderm endoderm entoderm hypoderm malacoderm megaderm mesoderm osteoderm periderm placoderm preblastodermal protoderm sarcoderm stenoderm xanthoderm
Descendants of blasto-
blastocele blastochyle blastocoele blastocyst blastocyte blastodisk blastogenesis blastogenetic blastoid blastoma blastomere blastomycosis blastomylonite blastoporal blastopore blastoporic blastosphere blastospore blastostyle blastotomy