The story
- Latin · derived fromamylum“starch”
- English todayamylobacter
Words from the same roots
Latinamylum all →
amylamidinamylaceousamyliferousamylometricamylum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
amylobacter
Today it means: A bacillus (Clostridium butyricum) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. It has medicinal uses Full definition →
Latin amylum