affusion

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

overgieting

Synoniemen

suffusion

Vertalingen

ραντισμός

affusion

affusione

Efusão

afusão

dökme

επίχυση

dökülme

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).