bacteria

bacteria · noun, noun¹

1. Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
2. Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
3. New Latinbactēria
4. English todaybacteria

Borrowed from New Latin bacteria, plural of bactērium, from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “little rod”); by surface analysis, bacteri(um) + -a.

bacteria · noun²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβακτηρίᾱ“rod, stick”
2. New Latin · borrowed frombactēria
3. English todaybacteria

From New Latin bactēria, from Ancient Greek βακτηρίᾱ (baktēríā, “rod, stick”).

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