Etymology

peribacterial

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Today it means: Surrounding a bacterium Full definition →

English bacterial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← New Latin bactēria
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
  5. Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
  6. New Latinbactēria
  7. Englishbacteria
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishbacterial
  11. English todayperibacterial

From peri- + bacterial.

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