English
reinfund
Reinfund 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 1704reinfund
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 1704reinfund
Earliest quotation: 1704, Jonathan Swift, Section IX: “The best part of his Diet, is the Reversion…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
yet, gut, refuse, font, fuse, effusive, 38 more
through Proto-Italic *hundō ‘to pour out’
confused, diffusion, foundry, perfusion, fondue, profusion, effusion, 34 more
through Latin fundō ‘to pour out, shed’
foundation, founder, fundamental, confusion, fusion, confuse, refund, diffuse, confound, 44 more
through Latin īnfundō ‘to pour in’
Today it means
verb To flow in again.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / reinfund