abacterially

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der.

English a-

Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor.

New Latin bactēriabor.

English bacteria

English -al

English bacterial

English abacterial

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English abacterially

From abacterial + -ly.

Adverb

abacterially (not comparable)

1. Without the presence or use of bacteria.

   an abacterially-derived polysaccharide

Translations

without the presence or use of bacteria

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非细菌性地 (fēixìjūnxìng de)

• Dutch: abacterieel (nl)