Etymology

peribacteroid

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Today it means: Surrounding a bacteroid or bacterium Full definition →

English bacteroid ← Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) ← Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
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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 Latinbactērium
  7. Englishbacterium
  8. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  11. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  12. Englishbacteroid
  13. English todayperibacteroid

From peri- + bacteroid.

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