fusio

See also: fusió

Latin

Etymology

Formed by suffixation of fundō (“I pour out”, perfect stem: fūd-) +‎ -tiō, where the concatenation of the two dentals (d- + -t) forms a sibilant (s).

Pronunciation

Noun

fūsiō f (genitive fūsiōnis); third declension

  1. a pouring out; an outpouring, effusion
  2. a melting, founding, casting
  3. a duty

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative fūsiō fūsiōnēs
genitive fūsiōnis fūsiōnum
dative fūsiōnī fūsiōnibus
accusative fūsiōnem fūsiōnēs
ablative fūsiōne fūsiōnibus
vocative fūsiō fūsiōnēs

Descendants

  • Inherited:
    • Old French: foison
      • Middle French: foison
      • → Middle English: foisoun
    • Old Occitan: foizon
    • Piedmontese: foson
    • Sicilian: fusiuni
  • Borrowed:

References

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