Etymology

underperfusion

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Today it means: inadequate perfusion Full definition →

English perfusion ← Middle French perfusion ← Latin perfūsiō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  13. Proto-Italic*peri-
  14. Latinper-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰunédti
  18. Proto-Italic*hundō
  19. Latinfundō
  20. Latinperfundō
  21. Latinperfūsiō
  22. Middle Frenchperfusion
  23. Englishperfusion
  24. English todayunderperfusion

From under- + perfusion.

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