affusion

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

affusion

Synonymes

suffusion

Traductions

ραντισμός

affusione

overgieting

Efusão

afusão

dökme

επίχυση

dökülme

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).