Where does “bacterio-” come from?

bacterio- (English) comes from English ‐o‐, from Latin ‐o‐, from Ancient Greek -ό-.

bacterio- (English): bacteria

Definitions

  1. bacteria

Ancestry of “bacterio-”, step by step

bacterio- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ‐o‐

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English‐o‐
2Latin‐o‐
3Ancient Greek-ό-

via English colicin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcolicinAny of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains
2Frenchcolicine

Words derived from “bacterio-

Every word from Ancient Greek -ό-Every word from Latin ‐o‐Every word from English ‐o‐
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