Where does “bacteria” come from?
Bacteria comes from Ancient Greek βακτηρία, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον, from Ancient Greek βάκτρον meaning "staff" or "rod," from Proto-Indo-European bak-.
bacteria (English): plural of bacterium; A type, species, or strain...
Definitions
- plural of bacterium; A type, species, or strain...
Ancestry of “bacteria”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | bacteria | nominative plural of bactērium; accusative plural... |
| 2 | Latin | bacterium | cane, walking-stick; staff (of a shepherd) |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βακτήριον | Synonym of βακτηρία |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βακτηρία | rod, staff, cane; baton |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | baḱ- | club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg |
Words derived from “bacteria”
- bacterial
- antibacterial
- mycobacteria
- mycobacterial
- bacteriuria
- bacterially
- nonbacterial
- antimycobacterial
- enterobacterial
- abacterial
- bacteriosis
- rhizobacterial
- bacterization
- interbacterial
- dysbacteriosis
- nonantibacterial
- nanobacterial
- antibacterially
- phytobacterial
- polybacterial
- monobacterial
- spherobacteria
- pseudobacteria
- intrabacterial