Etymograph

English

perfusate

Perfusate 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. Englishtodayperfusate1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English perfusate

Lineage

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

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

noun The fluid used in perfusion.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “perfusate”. 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- / perfusate

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