Etymograph

English

fusile

Fusile comes from Latin fūsilis ‘molten, fluid, liquid’, from fundō ‘to 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 CEfundō2‘to pour’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsilis3‘molten, fluid, liquid’
  6. Englishtodayfusile3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin fundo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin fusilis
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English fusile

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-Wiktionary, Latin fundo‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédtiWiktionary, Latin fundoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundōWiktionary, Latin fundo‘to pour out’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundōWiktionary, Latin fusilis‘to pour’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsilisWiktionary, English fusile‘molten, fluid, liquid’
  6. EnglishtodayfusileWiktionary, English fusile

Linked words

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

yet, gut, refuse, font, fuse, effusive, 38 more

through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’

confused, foundry, diffusion, infusion, fondue, perfusion, profusion, effusion, 34 more

through Latin fundō ‘to pour’

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

Today it means

adj That can be melted; meltable

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “fusile”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin fundo, Latin fusilis. 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- / fusile

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