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noun considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae
originEtymology tree Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos) Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactēriumbor. English bacterium English archaebacterium…
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