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
- Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic...
Ancestry of “cyanobacterium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bacterium | A single celled organism with cell walls but no... |
| 2 | New Latin | bactērium | — |
| 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 “cyanobacterium”