Morpheme
Bacill
Type
bound base
Denotation
little staff, wand, rod-shaped
Etymology
Latin bacillus, from baculum
Evidence
abacillary, Bacillariaceae, bacillariaceous, Bacillariae, Bacillariophyceae, bacillariophycean, Bacillariophycidae, Bacillariophyta, bacillariophyte, bacillary, bacillemia, bacilli, bacillicidal, bacilliform, bacillin, bacillophobia, bacilluria, bacillus, colibacillus, lactobacillus, microbacillus, monobacillary
Alternative Base Analysis
<Bacillari> denoting “Bacillariae, rod-shaped diatom”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal and interfixal constructions -ariaceous and -ario-
from Bacillariae (<Bacill + -ariae>), from Latin bacillus, from baculum
bacillariaceous, Bacillariophyceae, bacillariophycean, Bacillariophycidae, Bacillariophyta, bacillariophyte
