The story
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
- Ancient Greekφῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
- Ancient Greekφῠτός (phŭtós)
- Ancient Greekφῠτόν (phŭtón)
- Englishphyto-
- Ancient Greekβακτηρία (baktēría)
- Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
- New Latinbactērium
- Englishbacterio-
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishbacteriologist
- English todayphytobacteriologist
From phyto- + bacteriologist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.