myEtymology.com: English etymology of refused

Etymology of the English word refused

the English word refused

derived from the English word refuse

derived from the Old French word refuser

derived from the Latin root *refusare

derived from the Latin word refusus

derived 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-