Etymology

overperfusion

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Today it means: Excessive perfusion Full definition →

English perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  8. Proto-Italic*peri-
  9. Latinper-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
  13. Proto-Italic*hundō
  14. Latinfundō
  15. Latinperfundō
  16. Latinperfūsiō
  17. Middle Frenchperfusion
  18. Englishperfusion
  19. English todayoverperfusion

From over- + perfusion.

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