Etymograph

English

fusarium

Fusarium comes from mul Fusarium, and goes back to Latin fusus ‘spindle’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfusus‘spindle’
  2. mulmodernFusarium
  3. Englishtodayfusarium

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfusus‘spindle’
  2. mulmodernFusarium
  3. Englishtodayfusarium

Linked words

through Latin fusus ‘spindle’

fusion, fuse, fusiform, 7 more

Today it means

noun Any of various fungi, of the genus Fusarium, some of which are pathogenic to plants and animals.

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

Etymograph / Latin fusus / fusarium