Etymograph

English

reperfuse

Reperfuse 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. Englishtodayreperfuse1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English reperfuse

Lineage

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

Linked words

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

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

through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’

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

through Latin fundō ‘to pour out, shed’

foundation, founder, fundamental, confusion, fusion, refund, funnel, confuse, diffuse, confound, infuse, 44 more

through Latin perfundō ‘to pour (liquid) over or through’

perfusion, 19 more

Today it means

verb To perfuse again

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reperfuse”. 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- / reperfuse

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