Etymology

enterococcus

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Today it means: Any of a group of streptococci bacteria, of the genus Enterococcus, that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract and have great resistance to antibiotics Full definition →

English coccus ← New Latin coccu ← Latin coccum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Ancient Greekἔντερον (énteron)
  4. New Latinentero-
  5. Englishentero-
  6. Ancient Greekκόκκος (kókkos)
  7. Latincoccum
  8. New Latincoccu
  9. Englishcoccus
  10. English todayenterococcus

From entero- + -coccus.

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