Etymograph

English

effuse

Effuse comes from Latin effusus ‘poured out, having been poured out’, from fundō ‘pour’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-1‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundō1‘to pour out’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundō1‘pour’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffundō2as effundere, past participle‘to pour out’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffusus2‘poured out, having been poured out’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600effuser2
  8. Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592effuse2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin effundo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English effuse
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]: “Much effuse of blood.”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-Wiktionary, Latin effundo‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédtiWiktionary, Latin effundoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundōWiktionary, Latin effundo‘to pour out’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundōWiktionary, Latin effundo‘pour’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffundōWiktionary, English effuseas effundere, past participle‘to pour out’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffususWiktionary, English effuse‘poured out, having been poured out’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600effuserWiktionary, English effuse
  8. Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592effuseWiktionary, English effuse. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]: “Much effuse of blood.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’

yet, gut, font, refuse, 41 more

through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’

confused, foundry, infusion, diffusion, fondue, perfusion, profusion, 35 more

through Latin fundō ‘pour’

foundation, founder, fundamental, confusion, fusion, refund, funnel, confuse, confound, diffuse, infuse, 45 more

Today it means

adj Poured out freely; profuse.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “effuse”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin effundo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / effuse

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