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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

embryo XVI (also †embryon, -ion XVI–XVIII). — late L. embryō, alt. of embryon — Gr. émbruon new-born animal, foetus, f. EM-2 + brúein swell, grow.

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