bacterial

adj
/bækˈtɪəɹiəɫ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ (băktērĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriabor. English bacteria Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English bacterial From bacteria + -al.

  1. derived from -ālisbor
  2. derived from -albor
  3. derived from bactēriabor
  4. derived from *-yósder

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bacterial. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at bacterial. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at bacterial

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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