Etymology

thermoacidophile

Today it means: Any heat- and acid-tolerant bacterium or archaeon, typically of the phylum Crenarchaeota Full definition →

English acid ← French acide ← Latin acidu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
  4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
  5. Englishthermo-
  6. Latinacidu
  7. Frenchacide
  8. Englishacid
  9. English todaythermoacidophile

From thermo- + acid + -o- + -phile.

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