embryon
French
noun
Definitions
- (biology) embryo
- (botany) embryo
- embryo the beginning, the first stage
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French embrion derived from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (fetus).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἔμβρυον
Gloss
fetus
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- embryo Latin
- embryō Latin
- embryogenèse French
- embryonnaire French
- proembryon French
- préembryon French
- βρύω Ancient Greek
- ἐν Ancient Greek
- ἔμβρυον Ancient Greek
- ἔμβρῠον Ancient Greek
- έμβρυο Greek (modern)
- embrionala Ido
- embriono Ido
- embriyo Turkish
- embrion Middle French
- עֻבָּר Hebrew (modern)