Where does “Enterococcus” come from?

Enterococcus (English) comes from English entero-, from Ancient Greek ἔντερον, from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

Enterococcus (English): Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics

Ancestry of “Enterococcus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishentero-relating to the intestines; relating specifically...
2Ancient Greekἔντερονguts, viscera intestine, gut, belly, bowel, womb;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
4Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix

Words derived from “Enterococcus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énteros →Every word from English entero- →