Where does “bacterioscopic” come from?
bacterioscopic (English) comes from English bacterioscopy, from English scopy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢.
bacterioscopic (English): Of or pertaining to bacterioscopy
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to bacterioscopy
Ancestry of “bacterioscopic”, step by step
bacterioscopic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bacterioscopy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bacterioscopy | The use of microscopy to study bacteria |
| 2 | English | scopy | Alternative form of scopey |
| 3 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 4 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 6 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 7 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 8 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 9 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 10 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 11 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |