Etymology

funkia

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Today it means: Any of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta). Full definition →

translingual Funkia ← German Funck
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  1. German · derived fromFunck
  2. translingual · borrowed fromFunkia
  3. English todayfunkia

From the genus name, translingual Funkia, from German Funck, after botanist H. C. Funck.

Words from the same roots

GermanFunck all →

Funck

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.