1. Etymology of the English word refuse
the English word
refusederived from the Old French word
refuserderived from the Latin root
*refusarederived from the Latin word
refususderived from the Latin word
refundere (pour back)
using the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Late Latin word
fundere (pour, cast; scatter)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gheu-Derivations in English
refusenik,
refused,
refusingCognates
French
refuser, French
ruser, Spanish
rehusarUsage
Word found in Modern English
2. Etymology of the English word refuse
derived from the English word
refusederived from the Old French word
refuserderived from the Latin root
*refusarederived from the Latin word
refususderived from the Latin word
refundere (pour back)
using the Latin prefix
re-derived from the Late Latin word
fundere (pour, cast; scatter)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gheu-Usage
Word found in Modern English
