Etymology

macrococcus

mac·ro·coc·cus
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Today it means: A bacterium of the genus Macrococcus. Full definition →

English coccus ← New Latin coccu ← Latin coccum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Ancient Greekκόκκος (kókkos)
  8. Latincoccum
  9. New Latincoccu
  10. Englishcoccus
  11. English todaymacrococcus

From macro- + -coccus.

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