Where does “acinetobacter” come from?

acinetobacter (English) comes from Translingual Acinetobacter, from Ancient Greek ἀκίνητος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

acinetobacter (English): Any bacterium of the genus "Acinetobacter"

Definitions

  1. Any bacterium of the genus "Acinetobacter"

Ancestry of “acinetobacter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualAcinetobactergenus
2Ancient Greekἀκίνητοςunmoved, motionless; immovable, hard to move
3Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
4Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἀ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- →