Word: protovertebrate
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pro
to
ver
te
brate
Definition: Relating to the protovertebra. One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite.
Morphemes:
Affix: proto-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of
Affix: vertebrate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An animal having a backbone.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: verto
Language: la
Decoded: verto
Meaning: to turn
Affix: -bra
Language: la
Decoded: -bra
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Noun suffix denoting person.