Where does “rhamnosus” come from?

rhamnosus (Latin) comes from Latin Rhamnus, from Ancient Greek Ῥαμνοῦς, from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος — a thorny bush or shrub; boxthorn; stone buckthorn.

rhamnosus (Latin): A specific epithet for a probiotic bacterium

Definitions

  1. A specific epithet for a probiotic bacterium

Ancestry of “rhamnosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinRhamnusNemesis
2Ancient GreekῬαμνοῦςRhamnus, Attica, Greece
3Ancient Greekῥάμνοςa thorny bush or shrub; boxthorn; stone buckthorn
Every word from Ancient Greek ῥάμνος →Every word from Ancient Greek Ῥαμνοῦς →Every word from Latin Rhamnus →