-bacter

Translingual

Etymology

Back-formation from New Latin bactērium (as a supposed Greek construction similar to *βακτήρ + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), the first reshaped similarly to γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”)), in turn from Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion) and Ancient Greek βᾰκτηρῐ́ᾱ (băktērĭ́ā).

Suffix

-bacter m

  1. Used to form genus names of Prokaryota, especially Bacteria.

Derived terms

Translingual terms suffixed with -bacter
Cohaesibacter
Geothermobacter
Methanothermobacter
Rhodobacter
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