Where does “mycelium” come from?
Mycelium comes from Latin -ium, derived from Latin -um, which developed from Latin -us, continuing Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -ós, a masculine nominative singular suffix.
mycelium (English): The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of...
Definitions
- The vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of...
Ancestry of “mycelium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 2 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
Words derived from “mycelium”