bacterium
Latin
noun
Definitions
- (microbiology) bacterium
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (small staff, little rod).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βακτήριον
Gloss
small staff, little rod
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bacteraemia English
- bacteria Latin
- bactērium Latin
- Bakterie German
- Bakterienstamm German
- Bakteriologie German
- Bakterium German
- Bodenbakterium German
- Knöllchenbakterium German
- Nanobakterium German
- Proteobakterie German
- Schwefelbakterie German
- bakterienverseucht German
- baktérium Hungarian
- baktériumok Hungarian
- baktériumölő Hungarian
- βακτήριον Ancient Greek
- *bak- Proto-Indo-European
- bakterie Norwegian Bokmål
- bactéria Portuguese
- bakterie Swedish
- bakterie Norwegian Nynorsk
- bakterie Danish
- bakterie Czech
- bakterija Serbo-Croatian