what is the latin origin for bacteria
Confidence votes 2.4K. The origin is greek (baktÄrion) converted into new Latin as bacterium for singular and bacteria for plural. Nowadays the common usage is bacteria for singular and bacterias for plural.atin is the language that used to be spoken in the Roman Empire, as such it is not a nationality. The term Latin is also used to describe people who come from countries where â¦ Spanish and Portuguese is the primary language, and to describe those countries as a group; hence the term Latin America.