bacteria的词源
英文词源
- bacteria (n.)
- 1847, plural of Modern Latin bacterium, from Greek bakterion "small staff," diminutive of baktron "stick, rod," from PIE *bak- "staff used for support" (also source of Latin baculum "rod, walking stick"). So called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped. Introduced as a scientific word 1838 by German naturalist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876).
中文词源
发音释义:[bæk'tɪərɪə] n. 细菌
词源解释:bacteria←拉丁语bacterium(细菌)←希腊语bakterion(小棍子)←baktron(棍、杆)
同源词:bacterium(细菌)
bacteria(细菌)一词最初由德国科学家埃伦伯格(Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg)在1828年提出,来自希腊语bakterion,是baktron的指小形式,意思是“小棍子”。之所以叫这个名字是最初科学家所观察到的细菌都是杆状的。
衍生词:bacterial(细菌的)
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:bacteria 词源,bacteria 含义。
来自拉丁词bacilum, 杆。词源同bacillus, 杆菌。