Where does “Staphylococcus” come from?

Staphylococcus (Translingual) comes from English coccus, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος — grain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of...

Staphylococcus (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Staphylococcus”, step by step

Staphylococcus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English coccus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoccusAny approximately spherical bacterium; One of the...
2Latincoccuma scarlet berry of various plants; a gall of...
3Ancient Greekκόκκοςgrain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of...

via Ancient Greek σταφυλή

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekσταφυλήbunch of grapes; uvula
2Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
3Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “Staphylococcus”

Every word from Ancient Greek κόκκος →