mune
The origin and history of mune.
Etymology
A playful back-formation, invented on the mistaken assumption that "immune" was formed from a prefix "im-" plus "mune" — it wasn't, but the joke word stuck.
The origin and history of mune.
A playful back-formation, invented on the mistaken assumption that "immune" was formed from a prefix "im-" plus "mune" — it wasn't, but the joke word stuck.
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