English
ensifer
Ensifer comes from Latin ēnsifer ‘sword-bearing’, and goes back to ēnsis.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnsis‘sword’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnsifer‘sword-bearing’
- Englishtodayensifer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnsis‘sword’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēnsifer‘sword-bearing’
- Englishtodayensifer
Every English word from Latin ēnsis
Today it means
noun A member of the genus Ensifer, of the bacteria family Rhizobiaceae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ēnsis / ensifer