Etymology

extrabacterially

Today it means: In an extrabacterial manner Full definition →

English bacterially ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← New Latin bactēria
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
  9. Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
  10. New Latinbactēria
  11. Englishbacteria
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishbacterial
  15. Englishbacterially
  16. English todayextrabacterially

From extra- + bacterially.

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