The story
- Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
- Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
- New Latinbactēria
- Englishbacteria
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷerh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷorh₃éh₂
- Proto-Italic*worā
- Latinvorō
- Englishbacterivore
- English todaybacterivory
From bacterivore + -y.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.