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fundere
Latin · ancient
"to pour"
to pour, combined with dis- (apart)
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diffundere
Latin · ancient
"to pour in different directions, to spread out"
to pour in different directions, to spread out, from dis- and fundere, with irregular past participle diffusus
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diffuse
English · 1400s
"to spread something over a wide area"
settled as the English word for spreading something over a wide area
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