Word Origin Summary

Spirochaeta is attested in Translingual. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. σπεῖραAncient Greekderived from
2. *sper-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• spirochete

  English · derived from

• spirocheta

  Italian · derived from

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