English word origin

Etymology of funge

From Old French *funge, from Latin fungus.

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Source etymology 1

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noun

A fungus. · A fool or simpleton.

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From Old French *funge, from Latin fungus.

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Unspecified derivation mentionfungusla

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Source etymology 2

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verb

to substitute for a practically equivalent good or unit · to be substituted thus · To steal an NFT; to copy the image or other data associated with the NFT. · Euphemistic form of fuck.

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Back-formation from fungible, as in non-fungible token.

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