Etymology

fungo

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Today it means: A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught. Full definition →

Scots fung
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The story

  1. Scots · derived fromfung“to fling, throw”
  2. English todayfungo

Uncertain; perhaps from Scots fung (“to fling, throw”).

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