Etymograph

English

perfusable

Perfusable comes from Latin perfūsus ‘perfused, suffused, soaked, overspread,…’, from perfundō ‘to pour (liquid) over or through’, 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‘to pour out, shed’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEperfundō1‘to pour (liquid) over or through’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEperfūsus1‘perfused, suffused, soaked, overspread, coated, wet’
  7. English1500–presentperfuse1
  8. Englishtodayperfusable1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English perfusable

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-Wiktionary, English perfusable‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédtiWiktionary, English perfusablereconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundōWiktionary, English perfusable‘to pour out’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundōWiktionary, English perfusable‘to pour out, shed’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEperfundōWiktionary, English perfusable‘to pour (liquid) over or through’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEperfūsusWiktionary, English perfusable‘perfused, suffused, soaked, overspread, coated, wet’
  7. English1500–presentperfuseWiktionary, English perfusable
  8. EnglishtodayperfusableWiktionary, English perfusable

Linked words

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

yet, refuse, gut, font, fuse, effusive, 39 more

through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’

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

through Latin fundō ‘to pour out, shed’

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

Today it means

adj That can be perfused

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “perfusable”. 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- / perfusable

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