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Where does “diffuse” come from?

diffuse (Middle English) comes from Latin diffūsus, from Latin diffundere — second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “diffuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindiffūsus—
2Latindiffunderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
Every word from Latin diffundere →