English
suffusion
From suffuse + -ion.
A compound of suffuse + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰunédti
Proto-Italic *hundō
Latin fundō ‘to pour’
Latin suffundō ‘to pour (liquid) in or on’
English suffuse
Today it means
noun The act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “suffusion”. 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 / suffusion