The story
- Latin · derived fromspira“coil”
- English todayspirillum
From the genus name, from Latin spira (“coil”).
Words from the same roots
Latinspira all →
spiralspirospiriclespiriferspiritrompespirula
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
spirillum
Today it means: Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella. Full definition →
Latin spira