Etymology of the English word spirochete
the English word
spirochetederived from the New Latin word
Spirochaetausing the New Latin prefix
spiro-derived from the Classical Latin word
spira (coil)
derived from the Greek word
speira, σπεῖρα (a coil (spira, 'spire'); a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors))
derived from the Greek word
chaite, χαίτη
Derivations in English
spirochetosisUsage
Word found in Modern English
