English
infound
Infound comes from Latin īnfundō ‘to pour in’, 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‘to pour out, shed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnfundōas infundere‘to pour in’
- Englishearliest quotation 1616infound
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‘to pour out, shed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEīnfundōas infundere‘to pour in’
- Englishearliest quotation 1616infound
Earliest quotation: 1616, John Forbes: “a formall righteousnes infounded in vs by grace”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
yet, refuse, gut, fuse, font, effusive, 38 more
through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’
confused, confusion, diffusion, perfusion, foundry, profusion, effusion, fondue, 34 more
through Latin fundō ‘to pour out, shed’
foundation, fundamental, fusion, founder, refund, confuse, diffuse, confound, 45 more
through Latin īnfundō ‘to pour in’
Today it means
verb To pour in; to infuse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / infound