Where does “fung” come from?

fung (English) comes from English fungus, from Latin fungus, from Latin sfungus.

fung (English): Alternative form of fum; Fungus

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of fum; Fungus

Ancestry of “fung”, step by step

fung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fungus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfungusAny member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic...
2Latinfungusa mushroom; a fungus; a fungal growth or...
3Latinsfungus

via Cantonese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cantonese
Every word from Latin sfungus