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Where does “antibacteriano” come from?

antibacteriano (Spanish) comes from Spanish bacteriano, from Spanish bacteria, from New Latin bacteria, from Latin bacterium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον, from Ancient Greek βακτηρία, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

antibacteriano (Spanish): antibacterial

Definitions

  1. antibacterial

Ancestry of “antibacteriano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbacterianobacterial
2Spanishbacteriabacterium
3New Latinbacterianominative plural of bactērium; accusative plural...
4Latinbacteriumbacterium
5Ancient GreekβακτήριονSynonym of βακτηρία
6Ancient Greekβακτηρίαrod, staff, cane; baton
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg
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