Etymology

monocyanobacterial

Today it means: Composed of a single species of cyanobacterium Full definition →

English cyanobacterial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Englishcyanobacteria
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Englishcyanobacterial
  10. English todaymonocyanobacterial

From mono- + cyanobacterial.

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