English
effund
Effund comes from Latin effundō ‘to pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-‘to pour’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédtireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundō‘to pour out’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundō‘pour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffundō‘to pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off’
- Englishearliest quotation 1642effund
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-‘to pour’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰunédtireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*hundō‘to pour out’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundō‘pour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffundō‘to pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off’
- Englishearliest quotation 1642effund
Earliest quotation: 1642, Henry More: “If he his life effund To utmost death, the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
yet, gut, refuse, font, fuse, effusive, 38 more
through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’
confused, infusion, diffusion, foundry, perfusion, fondue, profusion, 34 more
through Latin fundō ‘pour’
foundation, founder, confusion, fundamental, fusion, confuse, funnel, refund, diffuse, infuse, confound, 44 more
through Latin effundō ‘to pour out, shed, spread abroad, drain off’
Today it means
verb To pour out.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / effund