embryo

Norwegian Nynorsk

noun-n1

Definitions

(biology) an embryo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin embryo 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

embryophagy English
embryo Latin
embryō Latin
embrió Hungarian
embryo Dutch, Flemish
βρύω Ancient Greek
ἐν Ancient Greek
ἔμβρυον Ancient Greek
embryo Norwegian Bokmål
έμβρυο Greek (modern)
embrion Middle French
עֻבָּר Hebrew (modern)