bacterium的词源

英文词源

bacterium: bacterium: [19] Bacterium was coined in the 1840s from Greek baktérion, a diminutive of báktron ‘stick’, on the basis that the originally discovered bacteria were rod-shaped. At first it was sometimes anglicized to bactery, but the Latin form has prevailed. Related, but a later introduction, is bacillus [19]: this is a diminutive of Latin baculum ‘stick’, and the term was again inspired by the microorganism’s shape. Latin baculum is also responsible, via Italian bacchio and its diminutive form bacchetta, for the long French loaf, the baguette.
=> bacillus, baguette, débacle, imbecile
bacterium (n.): c. 1848, singular of bacteria (q.v.).

发音释义：[bæk'tɪərɪəm] n. 细菌

词源解释：bacterium←拉丁语bacterium（细菌）←希腊语bakterion（小棍子）←baktron（棍、杆）

同源词：bacteria（细菌）

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来源于希腊语bakterion(棍,棒),最初发现的细菌形如棍棒。