Where does “mushroom root rot” come from?
mushroom root rot (English) comes from English root rot, from English rot, from Middle English roten, from Middle English rote, from Old French rote, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
mushroom root rot (English): A plant disease caused by the fungus Armillaria tabescens
Definitions
- A plant disease caused by the fungus Armillaria tabescens
Ancestry of “mushroom root rot”, step by step
mushroom root rot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English root rot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | root rot | Any of several plant fungal diseases caused by having overwet roots |
| 2 | English | rot | To suffer decomposition due to biological action,... |
| 3 | Middle English | roten | To decompose; to make or become rotten or spoiled |
| 4 | Middle English | rote | The root; The foundation or base of a... |
| 5 | Old French | rote | route, path |
| 6 | Latin | rupta | nominative feminine singular of ruptus;... |
| 7 | Latin | ruptus | broken; ruptured, burst |
| 8 | Latin | rumpō | to break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrunépti | to be breaking |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |
via English mushroom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mushroom | Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi... |
| 2 | Middle English | muscheron | mushroom |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | musherum | — |
| 4 | Old French | moisseron | — |
| 5 | Old French | mosse | moss |
| 6 | Frankish | mosa | moss |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | musą | moss, bog |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mūs- | fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,... |