Where does “bakcyl” come from?

bakcyl (Polish) comes from Latin Bacillus, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

bakcyl (Polish): germ, microbe

Definitions

  1. germ, microbe

Ancestry of “bakcyl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinBacillus—
2Latin-illusUsed to form adjectives from nouns
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin -illus →