Etymograph

English

superperfuse

Superperfuse 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. Englishtodaysuperperfuse1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English superperfuse

Lineage

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

A compound of super- + perfuse

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’

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Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’

Latin fundō ‘to pour’

Latin perfundō ‘to pour over, besprinkle’

Latin perfūsus ‘perfused, suffused, soaked, overspread,…’

English perfuse

Linked words

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

yet, gut, refuse, font, 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, refund, fusion, funnel, confuse, diffuse, confound, infuse, 44 more

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

perfusion, 19 more

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “superperfuse”. 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- / superperfuse

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