English
effuse
Effuse comes from Latin effusus ‘poured out, having been poured out’, from fundō ‘pour’, and ultimately from 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 CEeffundōas effundere, past participle‘to pour out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffusus‘poured out, having been poured out’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600effuser
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592effuse
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 CEeffundōas effundere, past participle‘to pour out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeffusus‘poured out, having been poured out’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600effuser
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1591–1592effuse
Earliest quotation: c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]: “Much effuse of blood.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
yet, gut, font, refuse, 41 more
through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’
confused, foundry, infusion, diffusion, fondue, perfusion, profusion, 35 more
through Latin fundō ‘pour’
foundation, founder, fundamental, confusion, fusion, refund, funnel, confuse, confound, diffuse, infuse, 45 more
Today it means
adj Poured out freely; profuse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / effuse