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Transfuse

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to transfer blood or fluid into a person's body, especially by injection
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Stage 1 of 3
fundere
Latin · ancient
"to pour"
to pour, combined with trans- (across)
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Stage 2 of 3
transfundere
Latin · ancient
"to pour across, to transfer liquid"
to pour across, to transfer liquid, from trans- and fundere
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Stage 3 of 3
transfuse
English · 1400s
"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
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