Where does “streptococcus” come from?

Streptococcus comes from Ancient Greek στρεπτός, derived from the verb στρέφω meaning "to turn," which traces to Proto-Indo-European -tós.

streptococcus (English): A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus...

Definitions

  1. A spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus...

Ancestry of “streptococcus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-coccusany spherical microorganism
2New Latincoccus—
3Latincoccuma scarlet berry of various plants; a gall of...
4Ancient Greekκόκκοςgrain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of...
Every word from Ancient Greek κόκκος →Every word from Latin coccum →Every word from New Latin coccus →