Etymograph

English

mycelium

Mycelium comes from New Latin mycelium.

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900mycelium
  2. Englishtodaymycelium

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. New Latinc. 1500–1900mycelium
  2. Englishtodaymycelium

Formed from myc- + -ium

Ancient Greek μῠ́κης ‘mushroom or other fungus’

English myc-

The story

From New Latin mycelium; synchronically, myc- + -el- + -ium, where the infix -el- is of unknown origin, perhaps introduced from a rebracketing of epithelium.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Every English word from New Latin mycelium

Today it means

noun The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground.

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Etymograph / New Latin mycelium / mycelium

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