bacillus的词源

英文词源

bacillus (n.)

1877, medical Latin, from Late Latin bacillus "wand," literally "little staff," diminutive of baculum "a stick," from PIE root *bak- "staff" (also source of Greek bakterion; see bacteria) + instrumentive suffix -culo. Introduced as a term in bacteriology 1853 by German botanist Ferdinand Cohn (1828-1898).

中文词源

bacillus：杆菌

来自拉丁词 bacilum, 杆，棍，指该细菌在显微镜下形如杆，词源同bachelor.

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