English
fusion
Fusion comes from Latin fūsiōnem, from fusus ‘poured out, having been poured out, shed,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’.
- 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‘to pour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfusus‘poured out, having been poured out, shed, having been shed’past participle of fundō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsiōnem
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fusion
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1728fusion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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‘to pour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfusus‘poured out, having been poured out, shed, having been shed’past participle of fundō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsiōnem
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600fusion
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1728fusion
Earliest quotation: a. 1728, Isaac Newton, A Treatise of the Reflections: “This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as…”
The story
First appears c. 1555, in a translation by Richard Eden.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
yet, gut, refuse, font, effusive, 45 more
through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’
confused, foundry, fondue, 41 more
through Latin fundō ‘to pour’
foundation, founder, fundamental, refund, funnel, confuse, diffuse, confound, infuse, 47 more
through Latin fusus ‘poured out, having been poured out, shed,…’
Today it means
noun The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / fusion