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Where does “פֿונגוס” come from?
פֿונגוס (Yiddish) comes from Latin fungus, from Latin sfungus.
פֿונגוס
(Yiddish): fungus
Definitions
fungus
Ancestry of “פֿונגוס”, step by step
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Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
fungus
a mushroom; a fungus; a fungal growth or...
2
Latin
sfungus
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