The story
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
- Englisha-
- Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
- Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
- New Latinbactēria
- Englishbacteria
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishbacterial
- Englishabacterial
- English todayabacterially
From abacterial + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.