English
refund
Refund comes from Latin refundō ‘to pour back, pour out’, 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 CErefundōas refundere‘to pour back, pour out’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400refondre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500refunden
- Englishearliest quotation 1691refund
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 out, shed’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErefundōas refundere‘to pour back, pour out’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400refondre
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500refunden
- Englishearliest quotation 1691refund
Earliest quotation: 1691, John Ray, London: […] Samuel Smith: “Were the humours of the eye tinctured with any…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
yet, gut, font, refuse, fuse, effusive, 39 more
through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’
confused, diffusion, infusion, foundry, perfusion, fondue, profusion, effusion, 35 more
through Latin fundō ‘to pour out, shed’
foundation, founder, confusion, fundamental, fusion, confuse, diffuse, funnel, infuse, confound, 46 more
Today it means
verb To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / refund