affusion

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Synonyme

suffusion

Übersetzungen

ραντισμός

affusion

affusione

overgieting

Efusão

afusão

dökme

επίχυση

dökülme

Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).