Where does “bifidobatterio” come from?
bifidobatterio (Italian) comes from Italian bifido, from Latin bifidus, from Latin -fidus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
bifidobatterio (Italian): bifidobacterium
Definitions
- bifidobacterium
Ancestry of “bifidobatterio”, step by step
bifidobatterio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian bifido
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | bifido | bifurcated |
| 2 | Latin | bifidus | cleft, cloven; forked |
| 3 | Latin | -fidus | fid, forming adjectives meaning "cleft" or "split" |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |