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Where does “bacil” come from?

bacil (Dutch) comes from French bacille, from Latin Bacillus, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

bacil (Dutch): bacillus, bacterium of the genus "Bacillus"

Definitions

  1. bacillus, bacterium of the genus "Bacillus"

Ancestry of “bacil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbacillebacillus
2LatinBacillus—
3Latin-illusUsed to form adjectives from nouns
4Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “bacil”

  • basil
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