Where does “fusion” come from?
fusion (French) comes from Middle French fusion, from Old French fusion, from Latin fusio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
fusion (French): fusion; mix; mixture
Definitions
- fusion; mix; mixture
Ancestry of “fusion”, step by step
fusion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French fusion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | fusion | fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it) |
| 2 | Old French | fusion | — |
| 3 | Latin | fusio | a pouring out; an outpouring, effusion; a... |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Fusion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fusion | merger; more generally, fusion in some other... |