English
effusive
Effusive comes from Medieval Latin effūsīvus, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-1‘to pour’root named by Wiktionary
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500effūsīvus1
- Englishearliest quotation 1726effusive1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English effusive
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1726, Homer, Book XXII: “wash'd with the effusive wave”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-Wiktionary, English effusive‘to pour’root named by Wiktionary
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500effūsīvusWiktionary, English effusive
- Englishearliest quotation 1726effusiveWiktionary, English effusive. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1726, Homer, Book XXII: “wash'd with the effusive wave”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
yet, founder, gut, font, refuse, confusion, refund, fusion, foundry, confuse, funnel, fuse, confound, fondue, 47 more
Today it means
adj Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / effusive