The story
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
- Ancient Greekμῠ́ξᾰ (mŭ́xă)
- Englishmyxo-
- Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
- Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
- New Latinbactēria
- Englishbacteria
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishbacterial
- Englishbacterially
- English todaymyxobacterially
From myxo- + bacterially.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.