Etymograph

English

perfusion

Perfusion comes from Latin perfūsiō ‘the act of pouring over’, from fundō ‘to pour out, shed’, 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 CEperfūsiō1‘the act of pouring over’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600perfusion1
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2007perfusion1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English perfusion
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2007, Benjamin Gulli, Stephen J. Rahm: “If there is no pulse, or if the pulse…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-Wiktionary, English perfusion‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédtiWiktionary, English perfusionreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundōWiktionary, English perfusion‘to pour out’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundōWiktionary, English perfusion‘to pour out, shed’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEperfundōWiktionary, English perfusion‘to pour (liquid) over or through’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEperfūsiōWiktionary, English perfusion‘the act of pouring over’
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600perfusionWiktionary, English perfusion
  8. Englishearliest quotation 2007perfusionWiktionary, English perfusion. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2007, Benjamin Gulli, Stephen J. Rahm: “If there is no pulse, or if the pulse…”

Linked words

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

yet, refuse, gut, font, fuse, effusive, 40 more

through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’

confused, foundry, fondue, 36 more

through Latin fundō ‘to pour out, shed’

foundation, founder, fundamental, refund, confusion, funnel, confuse, diffuse, diffusion, confound, infusion, infuse, profusion, effusion, 42 more

Today it means

noun The act of perfusing, the passage of fluid through the circulatory system.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “perfusion”. 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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