English
fusor
Fusor comes from Latin fūsor ‘melter’, and goes back to fundō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsor‘melter’
- Englishearliest quotation 1789fusor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfundō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfūsor‘melter’
- Englishearliest quotation 1789fusor
Earliest quotation: 1789, The History of Great Britain: “There were proper officers in the exchequer for performing…”
The story
The astronomical sense was coined by Gibor Basri, Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, at the 2003 IAU conference.
Linked words
through Latin fundō
foundation, founder, fundamental, confusion, refund, fusion, funnel, confuse, diffuse, confound, infuse, 45 more
Today it means
noun A coin melter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fundō / fusor