affusion

From Latin affusio, from Latin affundō (“to pour or sprinkle onto”), from Latin fundō (“to pour”), from Proto-Italic *hundō (“to pour out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

affusion (countable and uncountable, plural affusions)

1. The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
2. A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.

Sometimes confused with effusion (“an outpouring of liquid”).

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affusion f (plural affusions)

1. affusion

• “affusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.