Where does “perfusivity” come from?
perfusivity (English) comes from English perfusive, from English perfuse, from Latin perfusus, from Latin perfundo, from Latin fundō, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ- — smoke; mist, haze.
perfusivity (English): The quality of being perfusive
Definitions
- The quality of being perfusive
Ancestry of “perfusivity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | perfusive | Tending to flow over, or to spread through |
| 2 | English | perfuse | To permeate or suffuse something, especially with... |
| 3 | Latin | perfusus | perfused; bathed; imbued |
| 4 | Latin | perfundo | I pour over or through; I perfuse; I flood or... |
| 5 | Latin | fundō | — |
| 6 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |