Etymology of the English word cyanobacteria
the English word
cyanobacteriaderived from the English word
bacteriaderived from the New Latin word
bacterium (bacterium)
derived from the Greek word
bakterion, βακτήριον
derived from the Greek word
baktron, βάκτρον
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bak-using the English prefix
cyano-derived from the Greek word
kuanos, κύανος
Usage
Word found in Modern English
