Where does “bacterial” come from?
Bacterial is the adjective form of bacterium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον, derived from βάκτρον meaning rod or staff, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bak-.
bacterial (English): Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria
Ancestry of “bacterial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 2 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 3 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 4 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 5 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 6 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 7 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 8 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
Words derived from “bacterial”
- antibacterial
- bacterially
- nonbacterial
- enterobacterial
- abacterial
- rhizobacterial
- interbacterial
- nonantibacterial
- nanobacterial
- antibacterially
- phytobacterial
- polybacterial
- monobacterial
- intrabacterial
- bacterialization
- protobacterial
- endobacterial
- photobacterial
- nitrobacterial
- epibacterial
- extrabacterial
- magnetobacterial
- megabacterial
- multibacterial