Words that come from Ancient Greek βακτήριον

186 words across 23 languages descend from Ancient Greek βακτήριον — including bacteria, bacterial, bacterium, antibacterial, cyanobacteria, bactericidal, cyanobacterial, mycobacteria.

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English (78)

Italian (21)

Finnish (13)

Translingual (12)

French (10)

Spanish (8)

German (8)

Portuguese (7)

Hungarian (3)

Dutch (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Thai (3)

Latin (2)

Czech (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

New Latin (2)

Danish (1)

Swedish (1)

Korean (1)

Burmese (1)

Romanian (1)

Khmer (1)