microbe的词源

英文词源

microbe (n.)

popular name for a bacterium, 1878, from French microbe, "badly coined ... by Sédillot" [Weekley] in 1878 from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + bios "life" (see bio-). It is an incorrect use of bios; in Greek the word would mean literally "short-lived."

中文词源

microbe：微生物

micro-,微小的，-be,生命，词源同biology,zoo.引申词义微生物。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：microbe 词源，microbe 含义。

microbe：微生物(尤指引起疾病或发酵的细菌)

词根词缀： -micro-微,小 + -o- + be(-bi-)生命,生物