bacterial
adjEtymology
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.
- derived from -ālisbor
- derived from -ālis Old French -elbor
- derived from -albor
- derived from *-ālis Latin -ālisbor✻
- derived from bacteria Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der
- derived from bactēriabor
- derived from *-yósder✻
Definitions
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.
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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