The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμύκης“mushroom, fungus, mushroom-shaped objects”
- English todaymycete
From Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom, fungus, mushroom-shaped objects”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμύκης all →
mycoplasma-mycetemycetism-mycin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.