affusion

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰewd-“to pour”
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*hundō“to pour out”
3. Latin · derived fromfundō“to pour”
4. Latin · derived fromaffundō“to pour or sprinkle onto”
5. Latin · learned borrowing fromaffusio
6. English todayaffusion

From Latin affusio, from Latin affundō (“to pour or sprinkle onto”), from Latin fundō (“to pour”), from Proto-Italic *hundō (“to pour out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

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