Where does “cyanobacterium” come from?

Cyanobacterium comes from English bacterium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον, from Ancient Greek βάκτρον meaning rod or staff, from Proto-Indo-European bak-.

cyanobacterium (English): Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic...

Definitions

  1. Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic...

Ancestry of “cyanobacterium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbacteriumA single celled organism with cell walls but no...
2New Latinbactērium—
3Ancient GreekβακτήριονSynonym of βακτηρία
4Ancient Greekβακτηρίαrod, staff, cane; baton
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg

Words derived from “cyanobacterium”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- →Every word from Ancient Greek βακτηρία →Every word from Ancient Greek βακτήριον →