Etymograph

English

fusibility

Fusibility comes from Latin fūsibilis ‘fusible’, and goes back to fundō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsibilis2‘fusible’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsibilitās3
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentfusibilité3
  5. Englishtodayfusibility3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin fusibilis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin fusibilitas
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English fusibility

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundōWiktionary, Latin fusibilis
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsibilisWiktionary, Latin fusibilitas‘fusible’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsibilitāsWiktionary, English fusibility
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentfusibilitéWiktionary, English fusibility
  5. EnglishtodayfusibilityWiktionary, English fusibility

Linked words

through Latin fundō

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

Today it means

noun The ease with which a material will melt.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “fusibility”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin fusibilis, Latin fusibilitas. 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.

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