Etymograph

English

fungi

Fungi comes from Latin fungor ‘to perform, execute, administer, discharge,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- ‘to enjoy, to be of use’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰewg-‘to enjoy, to be of use’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰu-né-g-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fungōrreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfungoras fungī‘to perform, execute, administer, discharge, finish, complete or end something, observe’
  5. Englishtodayfungi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰewg-‘to enjoy, to be of use’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰu-né-g-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fungōrreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfungoras fungī‘to perform, execute, administer, discharge, finish, complete or end something, observe’
  5. Englishtodayfungi

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- ‘to enjoy, to be of use’

refugee, refuge, fugue, perfunctory, 15 more

through Proto-Italic *fungōr

functionary, 3 more

through Latin fungor ‘to perform, execute, administer, discharge,…’

function, defunct, 4 more

Today it means

noun Spongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- / fungi

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