Etymology

perfusive

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Today it means: Tending to flow over, or to spread through. Full definition →

English perfuse ← Latin perfūsus ← Proto-Italic *hundō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Italic*peri-
  3. Latinper-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
  7. Proto-Italic*hundō
  8. Latinfundō
  9. Latinperfundō
  10. Latinperfūsus
  11. Englishperfuse
  12. English todayperfusive

From perfuse + -ive.

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