Etymograph

English

infound

Infound comes from Latin īnfundō ‘to pour in’, and goes back to 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‘to pour out, shed’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnfundō2as infundere‘to pour in’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1616infound2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin infundo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English infound
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1616, John Forbes: “a formall righteousnes infounded in vs by grace”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-Wiktionary, Latin infundo‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédtiWiktionary, Latin infundoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundōWiktionary, Latin infundo‘to pour out’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundōWiktionary, Latin infundo‘to pour out, shed’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnfundōWiktionary, English infoundas infundere‘to pour in’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1616infoundWiktionary, English infound. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1616, John Forbes: “a formall righteousnes infounded in vs by grace”

Linked words

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

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

through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’

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

through Latin fundō ‘to pour out, shed’

foundation, fundamental, fusion, founder, refund, confuse, diffuse, confound, 45 more

through Latin īnfundō ‘to pour in’

funnel, infusion, infuse, 3 more

Today it means

verb To pour in; to infuse.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “infound”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin infundo. 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- / infound

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