Where does “bacterium” come from?
bacterium (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek βακτήριον, from Ancient Greek βακτηρία, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.
bacterium (Latin): cane, walking-stick; staff (of a shepherd)
Definitions
- cane, walking-stick; staff (of a shepherd)
Ancestry of “bacterium”, step by step
Words derived from “bacterium”
- bacteria
- bacterial
- antibacterial
- mycobacteria
- mycobacterial
- bacteriuria
- bacterially
- nonbacterial
- antimycobacterial
- enterobacterial
- abacterial
- bacteriosis
- rhizobacterial
- bacterization
- interbacterial
- dysbacteriosis
- nonantibacterial
- nanobacterial
- antibacterially
- phytobacterial
- polybacterial
- monobacterial
- spherobacteria
- pseudobacteria