The story
- Ancient Greekμῠ́κης (mŭ́kēs)
- Englishmyco-
- Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
- Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
- New Latinbactērium
- Englishbacterium
- Englishmycobacterium
- English todaymycobacteriosis
From mycobacterium + -osis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.