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Added 9 October 2026

embryon

noun

Latin root: embryon Wiktionary

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Archaic form of embryo.

adjective

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Origin

From Medieval Latin embryon, from Ancient Greek ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “newborn animal, embryo”).

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