transfuse

Where does the word "transfuse" come from? It comes from Latin fundere, passing through Latin before entering English (1400s).

Transfuse’s story begins in Latin: fundere meant “to pour.” To pour, combined with trans- (across). Within Latin, it grew into transfundere by ancient. To pour across, to transfer liquid, from trans- and fundere. It reached English by 1400s as transfuse. Settled as the English word for transferring blood or fluid from one body to another. Today, transfuse means to transfer blood or fluid into a person's body, especially by injection.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient fundere "to pour", to pour, combined with trans- (across).
2. Stage 2 · Latin · ancient transfundere "to pour across, to transfer liquid", to pour across, to transfer liquid, from trans- and fundere.
3. Stage 3 · English · 1400s transfuse "to transfer blood or fluid from one body to another", settled as the English word for transferring blood or fluid from one body to another.