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Where does the word "fusion" come from? It comes from Latin fusio, and was adopted directly into English (1550s).
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Where does the word "fusion" come from? It comes from Latin fusio, and was adopted directly into English (1550s).
Fusion’s story begins in Latin: fusio meant “a pouring out.” From 'fundere', to melt, pour. It reached English by 1550s as fusion. Nuclear 'fusion' dates from the 1940s; fusion cuisine from the 1980s. Today, fusion means the joining of two or more things.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient fusio "a pouring out", from 'fundere', to melt, pour.
- Stage 2 · English · 1550s fusion "melting", nuclear 'fusion' dates from the 1940s; fusion cuisine from the 1980s.