Where does “Streptococcus” come from?

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

Streptococcus (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Streptococcus”, step by step

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...

Words derived from “Streptococcus”

Every word from Ancient Greek κόκκος →