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fungate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fun-gate
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become like a fungus, as in appearance or in growth rate or pattern.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English fungus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English fungate From fungus + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

fungates (present, singular) fungating (participle, present) fungated (participle, past) fungated (past)

Questions

What does fungate mean?
To become like a fungus, as in appearance or in growth rate or pattern.
Where does fungate come from?
Etymology tree English fungus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English fungate From fungus + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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