English
fusarium
Fusarium comes from mul Fusarium, and goes back to Latin fusus ‘spindle’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfusus‘spindle’
- mulmodernFusarium
- Englishtodayfusarium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfusus‘spindle’
- mulmodernFusarium
- Englishtodayfusarium
Linked words
through Latin fusus ‘spindle’
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