Etymology

polymicrobacterial

Today it means: Relating to many (types of) microbacteria Full definition →

English microbacterial ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Englishmicrobacteria
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  8. Englishmicrobacterial
  9. English todaypolymicrobacterial

From poly- + microbacterial.

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